Quiz 05/24/2022 (1)

A 2 month-old female is brought to the emergency room by her mother after she noticed abnormal movements concerning for possible seizure. The child was born at term and was the product of a normal pregnancy and delivery. While gathering a history, the child is lying on the bed still when you notice repetitive movements of his bilateral lower limbs. When her mother notices she picks up the patient and the movements resolve. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is the mechanism of action of ocrelizumab?

What is the most appropriate therapy for the infection depicted in the pathology slide below?

A study published in 1992 indiscriminately assigned 457 patients with optic neuritis to receive either 14 days of oral prednisone, 3 days of intravenous methylprednisolone followed by 11 days of prednisone, or an oral placebo for 14 days as an acute therapy. Visual function testing was performed intermittently over a six-month follow-up period. The results showed that patients who received methylprednisolone followed by oral prednisone had a faster rate of visual recovery. What type of study design was this?

An 85-year-old man presents back to your clinic for follow-up with his family for a slowly progressive neurologic decline over the past 4 years, namely with memory and cognitive decline. You have already performed a brain MRI and additional testing and suspect that the patient has Alzheimer’s dementia. The family expresses concerns over the patient’s driving. Which of the following, if true, is not a useful tool to identify driving risk according to updated practice guidelines?