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neuro exam

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mental status
cranial nn
cerebellum
strengths
DTRs
sensory testing, as needed
gait, if possible
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LOL AMEN

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mental status exam

LOC
orientation
language

attention
memory
executive/intellectual fxn
nondominant hemisphere

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LOC

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alert, sleepy, stupor, coma

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orientation

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person, place, time

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language

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fluent, articulation, repetition

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attention

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digit span, slepping, month/days forwards/backwards

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memory

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anterograde/retrograde

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executive/intellectual fxn

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verbal fluency, similarities, proverbs, estimates

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non-dominant hemisphere

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visual spatial, construction, music

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fully awake without stimulation - able to cooperate

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alert

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patient prefers sleep, will stay away with minimal verbal or physical stimulation

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lethargic

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patient requires repeated physical stimulation to stay away

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stuporous

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sleep like state - pt cannot be awakened

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comatose

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abnormal LOC

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always significant

causes:

  • decline organ fxn
  • new med
  • bacterial sepsis
  • low Hct, glucose, PP O2
  • increased CO2
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orientation

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person, place, time

some docs - awareness of their reason for being in hospital

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aphasia

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always dominant hemisphere impairment

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brocas aphasia

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frontal lobe

brief telegraphic output
retained understanding - frustrated

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wernickes aphasia

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superior temporal lobe

fluent speech - poor understanding

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anomia

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inability to name objects

both wernickes and brocas

also - both agraphia

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slurred/thick speech

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dysarthria

med effect
disease of larynx/mouth

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testing language

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listen to patient

have pt REPEAT simple word
have pt READ paragraph
have pt WRITE a sentence
have pt NAME simple objects

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apraxia

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loss of complex tasks

damage dom lobe
-damage to connections

common in stroke survivors/severely demented ppl

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gerstmann syndrome

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damge to angular gyrus of dom parietal lobe

acalculia
agraphia
inability to distinguish R or L
inability to distinguish individual fingers

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tests for attention

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digit span - 7 forward and 5 backwards

serial sevens - from 100

read series of letters - raise hand when hear A

spell WORLD forward and backward

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disoriented or inattentive patient - fails serial sevens - no longer give location, time, place - cant stick to subject at hand
may have delirium
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delirium
acute confusion state encephalopathy agitation, hallucinations, tremors, BP and HR fluctuates hyperreactive to stimuli - or sleepy diffuse systemic problem - affecting large part of brain
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abnormal memory
bilateral medial temporal lobe damage | -hippocampus
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anterograde
recent memory - store new info
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retrograde
distant memories
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executive function
higher fxn of cerebarl cortex insight, judgment, decision making similarities of two objects
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verbal fluency
test of how frontal lobes retrieve information name as many of category as they can healthy - 20 or more path - 12 or less
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abnormal executive fxn, judgemeny, abnormal nondom hemisphere
dementia
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non-dominant parietal lobe
visual-spatial lobes construction awareness of ones own body
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non-dominant temporal lobe
``` music tendency to psychosis depression bipolar anxiety ```
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non-dominant occipital lobe
left homonymous hemianopia, prosopagnosia (cant recognize faces)
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hemispatial neglect
not seeing people or objects in left side of room
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anosognosia
inability to recognize weakness one side of body
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dressing agnosia
inability to put sleeve on one arm
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lack of construction skills
nondom - right - parietal lobe damage draw, copy simple object
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abnormal CN
localized lesion to brainstem
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CN II check
visual acuity
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pupil rxn
afferent - CN II | efferent - CN III
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adies pupil
polyneuropathy - diabetes
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U/L loss pupil loss
possibly I/L cerebral herniation
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spare pupil
ischemia inside midbrain
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ptosis
droopy upper eyelid -loss of CN III loss ov levator palpebrae superiosis
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horners syndrome
see ptosis weak muellers m damage U/L sympathetics
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CN IV
only crossed CN to C/L superior oblique m test - pt look down and in
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CN VI
abducens serves I/L lateral rectus m local disease - pons or skull increased ICP
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CN VII
facial mm facial expression taste anterior tongue
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stapedius
limit hearing damage from loud noise facial n innervation
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test of facial nerve
close eye, raise eyebrows - upper face smiling, pursing lips - lower face
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peripheral CN VII palsy
lesion after nerve leaves pons both upper and lower facial mm impaired bells palsy if idiopathic
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central CN VII palsy
lesion in brainstem - only lower facial muscles
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cerebellum
coordinate movement of same side double cross of efferents lesion - ataxia
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stroke/hemorrhage in cerebellar hemisphere
BS damage - block 4th ventricle CSF flow
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ataxia
lack of coordination | not trouble walking
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romberg test
cerebellar test - test for posterior columns - gracile and cuneus fasciculi
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upright posture
1 vision 2 cerebellum 3 post columns
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strength testing
``` 0 no movement 1 flicker of movement 2 min horizontal movement 3 some movement vertical (gravity) 4 mod strength against gravity and some resistance 5 normal contraction ```
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quadriplegia
upper or mid cerv spine disease
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hemiplegia
disease one cerebral hemisphere or one side of brainstem
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paraplegia
disease of SC - thoracic or high lumbar
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other muscle features
bulk tone fasciculations (twitching)
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DTR
``` 0 no reflex 1 dim reflex 2 average - normal 3 increased - only one beat 4 - increased with clonus (two or more beats) ``` 4 - always pathologic
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babinski sign
plantar reflex normal - flexion of big toe abnormal - extension of big toe
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UMN lesion
increased reflex, babinski sign, spasticity
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LMN lesion
decreased reflex, rapid atrophy, sometime fasciciulation
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peripheral nerve or roots of nerves disease
radiculopathy loss of fine touch in dermatome
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loss of sensation of entire extremity
cerebral hemisphere damage
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hemiplegic gait
inability to bring leg in
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spastic gait
inability to bend at hips and knees
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festinating gait
slow with first steps - faster, then faster, and out of control

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