ABPN Clinical Neurophysiology case studies
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The ABPN Clinical Neurophysiology subspecialty examination is a computer-based certifying exam administered by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties. It is intended for physicians who have completed neurology residency and additional clinical neurophysiology fellowship training and who wish to demonstrate subspecialty competence to patients, hospitals, and credentialing bodies. The ABPN Clinical Neurophysiology case studies are 5 cases and about 2,179 words.
1Post-Cardiac-Arrest Coma: Multimodality Prognostication at 72 Hours
A 58-year-old man remains comatose 72 hours after witnessed ventricular fibrillation arrest with 22 minutes of resuscitation. He is intubated, sedated with propofol until 12 hours ago, and normothermic (36.6 C).
461 words, about 2 min2Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow: Localizing the Lesion with NCS
A 47-year-old machinist reports 6 months of right-hand weakness and intermittent numbness of the 4th and 5th digits, worse when he rests his elbows on a bench. Exam: mild intrinsic hand atrophy, weak finger abduction, positive Tinel at the cubital tunnel, no sensory loss over the dorsal ulnar hand.
462 words, about 2 min3First-Night Polysomnography in Suspected Narcolepsy with a Normal Night
A 24-year-old graduate student has 2 years of excessive daytime sleepiness with irresistible sleep attacks, cataplexy triggered by laughter, and hypnagogic hallucinations. He takes no medications and has no other medical history.
434 words, about 2 min4Autonomic Testing in a Patient with Orthostatic Intolerance and Suspected Neuropathy
A 62-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes (15 years) reports 6 months of lightheadedness on standing, early satiety, and constipation alternating with diarrhea. Exam: supine BP 138/84, standing BP 104/70 at 3 minutes with heart rate rise from 68 to 74 bpm; she reports near-syncope.
403 words, about 2 min5Neonatal Seizure Monitoring: Electrographic Seizures Without Clinical Correlate
A 3-day-old term infant with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia is monitored with continuous video-EEG. The background shows a discontinuous pattern with a suppressed interburst interval.
419 words, about 2 min