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Module Exam 6: Cerebral Circulation Flashcards

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Posterior Circulation is from the

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Basilar Artery

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Anterior Circulation is from the

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Internal Carotid Artery

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Joins the two Anterior Cerebral Arteries

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Anterior Communicating Artery

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Joins the Internal Carotid Artery with the Basilar circulation

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Posterior Communicating Artery

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Normally communicating arteries have little _____ unless occlusion in one artery occurs.

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Blood flow

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Circle of Willis variants: the complete circle is seen in only ______ of individuals.

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20-25%

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Circle of Willis variants: one or both _______ are hypoplastic in ____.

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Posterior Communicating Artery. 34%.

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Circle of Willis variants: The _____________ may be absent or hypoplastic in _____.

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Precommunicating segment of ACA (A1). 25%.

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Circle of Willis variants: bilateral hypoplastic ___ segments in ___.

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P1. 11%.

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________ drain into dural venous sinuses which eventually empty into the _____.

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Cerebral veins. IJV.

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Dural venous sinuses

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Superio sagittal sinus, Inferior sagittal sinus, Transverse sinus, Sigmoid sinus, Cavernous sinus & Straight sinus “SITS CS”

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Major cerebral veins

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Basal vein of Rosenthal, Internal cerebral vein & Great cerebral vein of Galen “BIG”

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In 1981, Lumbar puncture was introduced by

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Quincke

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In 1912, he made the first correlations between disease processes and the cellular and chemical changes in the CSF.

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Mestrezat

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In 1937, they published their classic monograph on the CSF changes in all types of disease.

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Merritt & Fremont-Smith

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In 1950s, this technique were introduced

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Membrane filtration

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Their studies provide the basis of our knowledge of CSF formation, circulation and absorption. Pappenheimer, Ames, Fishman & Davson.

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Dandy & Weed

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Total CSF volume in the adult is

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150mL

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Total CSF volume in the subarachnoid space is

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30mL

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About how many volume of CSF fluid is produce per day

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500 mL

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Helps to preserve a stable chemical environment for neurons and their myelinated fibers. Act as a mechanical support and it removes the wast products of cerebral metabolism.

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CSF

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CSF provides ______ for the brain and SC. Provides ______ to the brain.

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Water jacket. Buoyancy.

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Waste products removed by CSF

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CO2, Lactase & Hydrogen ion

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Average rate of CSF formation is

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21-22mL/h (0.35mL/min)

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The CSF is therefore renewed _______ daily.

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4x or 5x

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Main sites of CSF formation

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Choroid plexuses

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Choroid plexuses are located in the

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Floor of lateral, third and fourth ventricles

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In CSF formation, The thin walled vessels of the plexuses allow _______ of substances from the blood plasma into the extracellular space surrounding choroid cells.

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Passive diffusion

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In CSF formation, Electrolytes equilibrate with the CSF at all points in the _______ and _________. The same is true of ______. The transport of sodium is accomplished by the action of a _________ exchange pump at the apical surface of the choroid plexus cells.

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Ventricular & Subarachnoid spaces. Glucose. Sodium potassium ion exchange.

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In CSF formation, it is also known that the penetration of certain drugs and metabolites is in direct relation to their ________. Ionized compound such as _______ & ___, being relatively insoluble in lipids, enter the CSF slowly unless facilitated by a membrane transport system.

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Lipid solubility. Hexoses & AAs.

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Is a collective term for all barriers lying between the plasma and the neuropil.

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Blood Brain Barrier

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BBB is formed by the tight junction, _________, of capillary endothelial cells.

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Zonula occludens

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Physiologically, the system of barriers enables the regulation of the ______ of brain tissue and CSF and the ____ & _______.

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Osmolarity. ICP & volume.

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Is permeable to water soluble substances but not to lipo-soluble substances such as anesthetics, psycho active drugs and analgesics.

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Blood CSF barrier

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Is generally permeable to liposoluble substances (of molecular weight less than ______) but not to water soluble substances.

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Blood Brain Barrier. 500 daltons.

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Specialized areas without BBB

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Vascular organ of the lamina terminalis, Median eminence, Area postrema, Pineal body, Posterior pituitary & Subfornicial organ “VMAPPS”

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The fluid filled cerebral ventricles constitute the

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Inner CSF space

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CSF circulation: 1. two lateral ventricles communicate with the ________ through the intraventricular __________.

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Third ventricle. Foramen of Monro.

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CSF circulation: 2. Fluid passes from the third ventricle through the _________ into the _______.

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Aqueduct of Sylvius/Cerebral Aqueduct. 4th ventricle.

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CSF circulation: 3. Through the single midline foramen (________) and paired lateral foramina (________) into the subarachnoid space (outer CSF space)

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Magendie. Luschka.

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Cerebromedullary

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Cisterna magna

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From the conus medullaris to about the 2nd sacral vertebra; contains the filum terminale and nerve roots of the cauda equina.

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Lumbar cistern

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CSF circulation: the pressure is highest in the _______ & diminishes successively along the ________ pathways.

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Ventricles. Subarachnoid.

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CSF circulation: help drive the fluid from the ventricular system.

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Arterial pulsations of the choroid plexuses

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CSF absorption: absorption of the CSF is through the _______. Microscopic excrescences of arachnoid membrane that penetrate the ______ and protrude into the ________ and other venous structures form the ___________.

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Arachnoid villi. Dura. Superior Sagittal Sinus. Pacchionian granulation or bodies.

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CSF absorption: the arachnoid villi are present at the ____ of the brain and around the ________ and have thought to act as functional valves that permit unidirectional bulk flow of CSF into the vascular lumen.

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Base. SC roots.

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ICP & CSF pressure is measured by

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Lumbar puncture

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Normal ICP

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8mmHg or 110 mmH2O

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1 mmHg is equal to _____ mmH2O

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13.7

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The inhalation and retention of ____ raises the blood PCO2 and correspondingly decreases the ____ to the CSF.

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CO2. pH.

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Acts as a potent cerebral vasodilator, causing an increase in cerebral blood flow and leading to intracranial hypertension.

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CO2

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Reduces PCO2. It increases the pH and teh cerebral vascular resistance and thereby decreases CSF pressure.

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Hyperventilation

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This maneuver of lowering the _________ content os utilized in the treatment of acutely raised ICP.

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Arterial CO2

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Exerts an almost immediate effect on CSF pressure by increasing the volume of blood in the cerebral veins, venules and dural sinuses.

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Increased venous pressure

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Cause the rise of ICP that is transmitted to the lumbar subarachnoid space. This is the basis of the _________.

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Jugular vein compression. Queckenstedt test.

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Also causes an increase intra-thoracic pressure, which is transmitted to the jugular and them to the cerebral and spinal veins.

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Vasalva maneuver

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The ICP rises in ________, when central and jugular venous pressures become elevated.

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Heart failure

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Elevates ICP by obstructing the SVC

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Mediastinal tumors

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The intact cranium and vertebral canal, together with the relatively inelastic dura, form a rigid container, such that an increase of any of its contents: brain, blood & CSF. will elevate the ICP. Furthermore, an increase in the volume of any one of these three components must be at the expense of the other two.

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Monro-Kellie Doctrine

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CPP stands for

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Cerebral Perfusion Pressure

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MAP stands for

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Mean Arterial Pressure

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ICP stands for

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Intracranial Pressure

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Formula for CPP

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CPP= MAP-ICP

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Cause of Increased ICP: A _________ mass.

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Extra/cerebral

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Cause of Increased ICP: Generalized __________.

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Brain swelling

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Cause of Increased ICP: An increase in _______.

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Venous pressure

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Cause of Increased ICP: _______ of the flow and absorption of CSF.

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Obstruction

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Cause of Increased ICP: Any process that _______ the volume of CSF.

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Expand

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After several day or longer, may result in periodic visual obscurations.

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Papilledema

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If papilledema is protracted, _________ & ________ may follow.

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Optic atrophy & Blindness

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Clinical features of Increased ICP

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Headache, Ocular palsies, N & V, Drowsiness & Papilledema “HOND P”

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A condition in which there is ventricular enlargement under tension as a result of an obstruction to the flow CSF at some point in its ventricular pathway: aqueduct of sylvius, medullary foramens of exit (Magendia & Luschka) & Basal subarachnoid space.

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Hydrocephalus

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In hydrocephalus, because of the obstruction, ____ accumulates within the ________ under increasing pressure, enlarging them and expanding the hemispheres.

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CSF. Ventricles.

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Clinical s/sx of Hydrocephalus

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Headache, Drowsy/Stuporous, Bilateral babinski signs are the rule & Vomiting “HD BV”

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Early in the process of acute hydrocephalus, the pupils are normal in size and eyes may rove horizontally; as the ventricles continue to enlarge, the pupils become ______, the eyes then cease roving and assume an _________, or there may be bilateral _______ and limitation of _______ gaze.

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Miotic. Orthotopic. Abducens palsies. Upward.

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In advanced stages of hydrocephalus, which are associated with ______, there is increased tone in the _______ and _____ posturing.

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Coma. Lower limbs. Extensor.

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There is frontal bossing and the skull tends to be brachiocephalic. With marked enlargement of the skull, the face looks relatively small and pinched and the skin over the cranial bones is tight and thin, revealing prominent distended veins.m

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Congenital Hydrocephalus

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The infant is fretful, feeds poorly and may vomit frequently. The infant appear languid, uninterested in his surroundings and unable to sustain activity. Later it is noticed that the ________ are retracted and the eyes tend to turn _____; there is paralysis of _____ gaze and the sclerae above the irises are visible _________ sign.

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Chronic hydrocephalus. Upper eyelid. Down. Upward setting-sun sign.

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Causes of Chronic Hydrocephalus: intraventricular ______ in premature infants.

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Hemorrhages

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Causes of Chronic Hydrocephalus: fetal and neonatal ________.

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Infections

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Causes of Chronic Hydrocephalus: ________ malformation.

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Type II Chiari

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Causes of Chronic Hydrocephalus: Aqueductal ______ & ______.

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Atresis & Stenosis.

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Causes of Chronic Hydrocephalus: the _______ syndrome.

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Dandy-Walker Syndrome

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Patient may complain of bifrontal or bioccipital headaches. S/sx are predominantly those of a _________ disorder of mentation or of gait. Slowness of mental response, inattentiveness, distractibility, perseveration and inability to plan activity or to sustain any type of complex cognitive function.

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Occult Hydrocephalus. Frontal lobe.

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In Occult Hydrocephalus: _______ may be slightly impaired.

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Memory

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In Occult Hydrocephalus: ____ deteriorates early in the course of hydrocephalus.

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Gait

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In Occult Hydrocephalus: A _______ & _______ of the hands and feet are variably present; _______ are sometimes extensor. There may be sphincter _______.

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Suck & Grasp reflexes. Plantar reflex. Incontinence.

87
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Slowness of mental response

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Abulia

88
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May involve meningitis, ventriculitis, myelitis & encephalitis.

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CNS infection

89
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Infection of gray and white matter of the brain

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Encephalitis

90
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Infection of the SC

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Myelitis

91
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Infection of ventricular system

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Ventriculitis

92
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Infection of leptomeninges & CSF spaces

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Meningitis

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Symptoms are fever, severe headache & backache, photophobia & phonophobia, N & V, impairment of consciousness, stiff neck and hyper extended posture with opisthotonus.

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Meningitis

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