We are pleased to announce the following quiz winners who will receive free registration to the 16th EFNS Congress in Stockholm:

• Lena Allenhöfer, Germany
• Ouarda El Ouali, Morocco
• Yaron River, Israel

 

Quiz Results

About neurology…. 

1.       Thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke:

a.  Brain imaging to exclude hemorrhage before giving thrombolysis is not always necessary in young patients (< 30 years).

b.  Time is not a crucial factor for effect of thrombolytic therapy within the first 2 hours after acute stroke.

c.  Thrombolytic therapy should be given on the same indications to patients with and without anti-hypertensive therapy.

d.  Dose of thrombolytic therapy depends on brain imaging result.

e.  Dose of thrombolytic therapy depends on electrocardiogram result.

c is correct

2.      Poliomyelitis:

a.  Less than 5,000 new cases of acute polio appear per year world-wide.

b.  Most cases of acute polio are reported in Africa.

c.  Reduced respiratory function rarely occurs in patients with a stable polio sequela.

d.  A progressive post-polio syndrome several years after the acute infection is due to reactivation of persistent polio virus.

e.  New polio-variant viruses reduces the effectivity of polio vaccination.

a is correct

 

About the EFNS…. 

1.      How frequently is the new EFNS Magazine Neuropenews www.neuropenews.org published?

a.       daily

b.      weekly

c.       monthly

d.      quarterly

 

c is correct

 

2.      The new organisation that will be founded in 2014 on the initiative of ENS and EFNS will be called:

a.       AEN – Academy of European Neurology

b.      EAN – European Academy of Neurology

c.       FEN – Federation of European Neurology

d.      NAE – Neurological Association of Europe

 

B is correct

 

3.      The World Congress of Neurology in 2013 will be co-sponsored by the EFNS. It will be held in the city…

a.      …where the EFNS Head Office is located

b.      …where the EFNS Congress took place in 1999.

c.       …where the EFNS Treasurer is working.

d.      …where the EFNS Regional Teaching Course in May 2011 took place.

A is correct

 

Stockholm and neurology 

1.      Who of the Swedish neuroscientists, who will be presented on Tuesday, September 11 in the History of Swedish Neuroscience session won a Nobel Prize?  

a.       Gösta Hultqvist

b.      Lisa Welander

c.       Ragnar Granit

d.      Uif von Euler

 

C is correct

 

2.      Which European Speciality Societies are co-sponsoring the Stockholm Congress?

a.       EFAS and EHF

b.      EFAS and MDS-ES

c.       EHF and EAYNT

d.      EHF and MDS-ES

 

B is correct

 

3.      The venue of the congress is called:

a.       Födselskansen

b.      Junibakken

c.       Stockholmsmässan

d.      Wasaholm

 

C is correct