UNIT 10 - ALTERATIONS IN NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS Flashcards

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4 REGIONS OF THE BRAIN

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  • Cerebrum
  • Cerebellum
  • Brain stem
  • Neuron
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CEREBRUM

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THINKING PROCESS

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CEREBELLUM

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BALANCE

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BRAIN STEM

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VITAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BREATHING, BP

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NEURON

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BASIC FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE BRAIN

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PROTECTIVE SURFACES OF THE BRAIN

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BRAIN
PIA MATER
SUB-ARACHNOID SPACE
ARACHNOID MATER
SUBDURAL SPACE
DURA MATER
EPIDURAL SPACE
SKULL
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glued to brain like wallpaper. Soft layer.

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PIA MATER

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Space between pia mater and arachnoid mater
o Contains cerebral spinal fluid
o Lubricates brain, provides a little cushioning

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SUB-ARACHNOID SPACE

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looks like spiderweb. On top of pia mater.

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ARACHNOID MATER

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space between Arachnoid mater and dura mater

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Subdural space

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On top of Arachnoid mater. Protective layer

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Dura mater – (tough mother)

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Between dura mater and skull

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Epidural space

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SPINAL CORD IS PROTECTED BY THREE LAYERS CALLED THE __________________.

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MENINGES

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ALTERED ____________ ____ ______________ (AROUSAL AND AWARENESS) IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INDICATOR FOR NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

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LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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CONFUSION, DISORIENTATION, STUPOROUS, LETHARGY, OBTUNDED

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

MEMORY LOSS IS EITHER _______________ OR
_____________ AMNESIA

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RETROGRADE

ANTEROGRADE

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

RETROGRADE AMNESIA

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CANNOT REMEMBER BEFORE INJURY

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA

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CANNOT FORM NEW MEMORIES. SINCE INJURY THEY CANNOT REMEMBER

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

AGNOSIA

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CANNOT RECOGNIZE FAMILIAR OBJECTS

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

DYSPHASIA

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LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

DISORDER OF AWARENESS.
o TEMPORARY STATE*
o CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF DRUGS, INFECTION OR TRAUMA

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ACUTE CONFUSIONAL STATE

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

DECLINE OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION
o PROBLEMS WITH ORIENTATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, DECISION MAKING
o BEHAVIOURAL ALTERATIONS MAY OCCUR
o CAN RESULT FROM VARIETY OF DISEASES

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DEMENTIA

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

HEADACHE, NAUSEA & VOMITING

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION.

PUPILLARY CHANGES & ALTERED BREATHING PATTERNS ARE ____________ ____________OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION

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LATE SIGNS

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION. EYES DO NOT MOVE TOGETHER (LIZARD EYES)
DISCONJUGATE EYE MOVEMENTS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION INVOLUNTARY EYE MOVEMENTS
NYSTAGMUS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION – BODY SENSE (YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR BODY PARTS ARE)
SENSORY DYSFUNCTION: | LOSS OF PROPRIOCEPTION
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION DIFFICULTY WITH MOVEMENT
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | DYSKINESIA
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION CANNOT BEND OR EXTEND JOINTS IN A SMOOTH MANOR
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | COGWHEEL RIGIDITY
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION GAIT WHERE THEY TEND TO LEAN FORWARD
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | PROPULSIVE GAIT
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION GAIT WHERE THEY TEND TO LEAN BACKWARD
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | RETROPULSIVE GAIT
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION UNCOORDINATED GAIT
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | ATAXIA
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION * FLACCID VS SPASTIC (INCREASE IN MUSCLE TONE CAUSING RIGIDITY) * IPSILATERAL (SAME SIDE OF BRAIN/SPINAL CORD LESION) VS CONTRALATERAL (OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRAIN/SPINAL CORD LESION)
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | WEAKNESS/PARALYSIS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION ABNORMAL FLEXION OF EXTREMITIES TOWARD BRAIN
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | DECORTICATE
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION ABNORMAL EXTENSION OF EXTREMITIES AWAY FROM BRAIN
MOTOR DYSFUNCTION: | DECEREBRATE POSTURING
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION SUDDEN, EXPLOSIVE DISORDERLY DISCHARGE OF NEURONS
SEIZURES NEURONS USUALLY FIRE IN AN ORDERLY PATTERN. WITH SEIZURES THEY FIRE AT AN ABNORMAL RATE AND PATTERN.
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SEIZURES STARTS IN ONE AREA OF THE BRAIN (FOCAL AREA), THEN SPREADS TO OTHER AREAS.
EPILEPTOGENIC FOCUS
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SEIZURES ___________ (TEMPORARY) ALTERATION IN BRAIN FUNCTION o ALTERED LEVEL OF AROUSAL o SENSORY AND MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS
TRANSIENT
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DRUGS, TOXINS, HEAD INJURY, BRAIN TUMORS, INFECTION, HYPOGLYCEMIA ARE ___________ OF SEIZURES
CAUSES
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________ EPILEPSY – UNSURE OF CAUSE
IDIOPATHIC
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WHICH TYPE OF SEIZURE? ABNORMAL ACTIVITY IS ORIGINATING IN ONE PART OF THE BRAIN SIMPLE OR COMPLEX
PARTIAL
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WHICH TYPE OF SEIZURE? NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR AWARENESS  MAY HAVE MOTOR DISTURBANCES  SHAKING OR TREMORS STARTING IN TIPS OF FINGERS AND TOES. BEGINS DISTALLY AND WORKS IT WAS PROXIMALLY.  MAY HAVE SENSORY DISTURBANCES  AREN’T AS VISIBLE AS MOTOR SYMPTOMS  MAY FEEL BUGS CRAWLING UP ARM, HEAR RINGING IN EARS, VISUAL DISTURBANCES
SIMPLE PARTIAL
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WHICH TYPE OF SEIZURE? NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT MAY BE A LOSS OF AWARENESS.  AUTOMATISMS – PERSON MAKE REPEATED, NON-PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENTS
COMPLEX PARTIAL
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WHICH TYPE OF SEIZURE? INVOLVES BOTH CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES OF BRAIN
GENERALIZED SEIZURES
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TYPE OF GENERALIZED SEIZURE  BEGINS WITH AURA (MAY SEE LIGHTS FLASHING, ODD TASTE IN MOUTH, RINGING IN EARS)  LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. TONIC PHASE – BECOMES RIGID  CLONIC PHASE – SHAKING  ALTERNATES BETWEEN RIGID AND SHAKING. CAN FROTH AT MOUTH, BECOME INCONTINENT, EYES ROLL BACK.  POST-ICTAL – COMPLETELY FLACCID, UNABLE TO MOVE.
TONIC-CLONIC – AKA GRANDE MAL.
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TYPE OF GENERALIZED SEIZURE ______________ SEIZURES: EPISODES OF COMPLETE LOSS OF AWARENESS  OCCURS IN CHILDREN. THEY CAN GROW OUT OF IT, OR IT CAN PROGRESS TO TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES.
ABSENCE
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TYPE OF GENERALIZED SEIZURE ____________ SEIZURES: INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION (TWITCHING)  LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND BRIEF MUSCLE CONTRACTION
MYOCLONIC
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TYPE OF GENERALIZED SEIZURE ___________SEIZURES: LOSS OF TONE. OCCURS WHEN SOMEONE SUDDENLY LOSES MUSCLE TONE AND DROP TO THE GROUND.  CALLED DROP ATTACKS.  HELMETS MAY BE WORN TO PROTECT THEIR HEAD.
ATONIC
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_____________ _________________: PROLONGED SEIZURE o CAN RESULT IN BRAIN DAMAGE, AS THE BRAIN IS DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN FOR SOME TIME
STATUS EPILEPTICUS
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SEIZURES NORMALLY DO NOT LAST LONGER THAN ___ ________ ______________
A FEW MINUTES
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* EEG MUST BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ______________ & _____________ _____________ SEIZURES BECAUSE SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR. * USED TO EVALUATE SEIZURES AND BRAIN FUNCTION.
ABSENCE AND COMPLEX PARTIAL
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* MILD: 14 – 15 * MODERATE: 9 – 13 * SEVERE: 3 – 8
GLASGOW COMA SCALE – TEST TO EVALUATE NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION
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CATEGORIES OF NEUROLOGICAL ____________ ``` • TRAUMA • CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE • INFECTION • DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE • TUMORS • DEVELOPMENTAL ERRORS o CEREBRAL PALSY ```
CATEGORIES OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
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TRAUMA - BRAIN INJURY (ATLS) • MECHANISM OF INJURY o BLUNT - define
SKIN IS NOT BROKEN
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TRAUMA - BRAIN INJURY (ATLS) • MECHANISM OF INJURY o PENETRATING - define
SKIN AND TISSUE UNDERNEATH IS BROKEN
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SEVERITY OF BRAIN INJURIES IS BASED ON _____________ ________ _____________ (<8 = POOR OUTCOME)
GLASGOW COMA SCALE (T A SMILEY FACE WITH A HAT. ITS SERIOUS.
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MORPHOLOGY
SHAPE
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WITH A SKULL FRACTURE, DAMAGE TO ________ TISSUE IS THE MAIN CONCERN
BRAIN
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •VAULT (TOP, ROUND SECTION THAT IS COVERED BY HAIR) o OPEN VS CLOSED
OPEN (SCALP IS TORN & DURA IS EXPOSED) CLOSED (SCALP IS INTACT)
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •VAULT (TOP, ROUND SECTION THAT IS COVERED BY HAIR) o LINEAR VS DEPRESSED
LINEAR (HAIRLINE FRACTURE – LOOKS LIKE A LINE) DEPRESSED (BONE FRAGMENTS ARE COMPRESSING AGAINST BRAIN TISSUE)
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •___________ ___________ (BASE FORMS FLOOR OF BRAIN AND ROOF OF NOSE – FRACTURE OF CRIBIFORM PLATE) – SERIOUS HEAD INJURY
BASILAR FRACTURE
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •BASILAR FRACTURE o WITH/WITHOUT:  PERIORBITAL ECCHYMOSIS - DEFINE
BRUISING AROUND EYES (RACCOON EYES) CAUSED BY BLEEDING INTO THE BRAIN. IT TRICKLES DOWN AND SETTLES AROUND THE EYES
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •BASILAR FRACTURE o WITH/WITHOUT:  MASTOID ECCHYMOSIS - DEFINE
BRUISING BEHIND THE EAR.
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •BASILAR FRACTURE o WITH/WITHOUT:  VII NERVE PALSY - which nerve?
FACIAL NERVE. LOOK FOR FACIAL DROOPING
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MORPHOLOGY: SKULL FRACTURE •BASILAR FRACTURE o WITH/WITHOUT:  CSF LEAK - DEFINE
(CLEAR, WATERY DRAINAGE)  RHINORRHEA – DRAINAGE IN NOSE  OTORRHEA – DRAINAGE IN EARS
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF A BLOW _____________ TO THE BODY
ANYWHERE
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHERE DOES COUP DAMAGE THE BRAIN?
DAMAGE TO BRAIN IS AT SITE OF IMPACT
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHERE DOES CONTRECOUP DAMAGE THE BRAIN?
DAMAGE IS AT SITE OF IMPACT AS WELL AS OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRAIN
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHERE DOES FOCAL BRAIN DAMAGE OCCUR?
IN ONE AREA OF THE BRAIN
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WHERE DOES DIFFUSE BRAIN DAMAGE OCCUR?
WIDESPREAD
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY _____________ HEMORRHAGE: FOCAL INJURY. BLEEDING IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE BRAIN.
CEREBRAL
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY _____________ HEMATOMA: BLEEDING INSIDE OF THE ENCLOSED, EPIDURAL SPACE
EPIDURAL
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MIDDLE ___________ ARTERY TEARS CAN CAUSE THE EPIDURAL HEMATOMA. THE BLOOD HAS NOWHERE TO GO SO THE PRESSURE BUILDS UP INSIDE THE BRAIN.
MENINGEAL
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EPIDURAL HEMATOMA CAUSES RAPID ________________ DETERIORATION
NEUROLOGICAL
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__________ HEMATOMA: | TEARING OF BRIDGING VEINS BETWEEN DURA AND BRAIN (VEINS FEED BRAIN TISSUE)
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
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SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS ARE A _________ BLEED THAN EPIDURAL BECAUSE IT INVOLVES VEINS INSTEAD OF ARTERIES
SLOWER
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BRAIN MATTER SHRINKS AS WE BECOME ELDERLY, MAKING BRAIN MORE MOBILE. INCREASES LIKELIHOOD OF______________ TO THOSE BRIDGING VEINS BETWEEN DURA & BRAIN.
DAMAGE
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_________________ HEMORRHAGE: | BLEEDING INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ARACHNOID MATER AND PIA MATER – SUBARACHNOID SPACE
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
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SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE CAN OCCUR WITHOUT TRAUMA IF _____________ BURSTS
ANEURYSM
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``` • RISK FACTORS OF _______________ HEMORRHAGE o HYPERTENSION o ANEURYSM – POUCHING OF BLOOD VESSEL. o AVM – WEAK BLOOD VESSELS o TRAUMA ```
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
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INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE: THE _____________ THE AMOUNT OF BLEEDING IN THE BRAIN, THE ______________ THE AMOUNT OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE.
GREATER | GREATER
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INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE: AS THE PRESSURE ________________, THE BRAIN TISSUE IS BEING SQUISHED AND BEGINS TO HERNIATE (SQUISHED BACK DOWN THE SPINAL CORD).
INCREASES
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INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE: AS HERNIATION PUSHES AGAINST THE BRAINSTEM (RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM – PART OF BRAIN THAT KEEPS US AWAKE) IT CAUSES LOSS OF ___________________.
CONSCIOUSNESS
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HERNIATION IS A RESULT OF _____________ INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE. THE BRAIN TISSUE BEGINS TO PROTRUDE _______________ TOWARD THE BRAIN STEM.
INCREASED | DOWNWARD
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``` CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE _________ signs • IRRITABILITY, RESTLESSNESS • CHANGES IN COGNITION • DISORIENTATION, VOMITING • IMPAIRED MOTOR FUNCTION • VITAL SIGNS Within Normal Limits ```
EARLY SIGNS
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``` CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE _______ signs • COMA • DECORTICATE (ARMS ARE POSITIONED TOWARDS BRAIN) OR DECEREBRATE (ARMS AWAY FROM BRAIN) POSTURING • FIXED AND DILATED PUPILS • CUSHING TRIAD o INCREASED SYSTOLIC BP o WIDENING PP o BRADYCARDIA ```
LATE SIGNS
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CONCUSSION IS A ___________ INJURY
DIFFUSE
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* TEMPORARY DISRUPTION OF NEURON TRANSMISSION IN THE BRAIN * DAMAGE IS DONE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL. NEURONS ARE NOT FIRING IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. THE NEURONS BECOME SWOLLEN AND THIS INTERFERES WITH NERVOUS IMPULSES.
CONCUSSION
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S&S OF CONCUSSION MAY NOT BE _______________
IMMEDIATE
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CONCUSSIONS HEALING RATE IS __________. AS LONG AS THE PERSON IS _____________, THEY SHOULD REST THEIR BRAIN.
VARIABLE | SYMPTOMATIC
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PERSONS WHO HAVE REPEATED CONCUSSIONS AND HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO HEAL, AND GET ANOTHER CONCUSSION. INCREASES RISK FOR _________ ________ OF __________
EARLY ONSET OF DEMENTIA
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CONCUSSION DAMAGE IS NOT A VISIBLE AS ________ INJURY
FOCAL
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_____________ CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CONCUSSION o LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR) o POOR COORDINATION o SLOW COGNITION o TROUBLE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS o TROUBLE CONCENTRATING, READING, PROCESSING o HEADACHE o DIZZINESS o NAUSEA o DO NOT FEEL RIGHT o AMNESIA
PHYSICAL
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______________ CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CONCUSSION o MEMORY DISTURBANCES o TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING
COGNITIVE
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``` ______________ CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CONCUSSION o MAY HAVE OUTBURST o INSOMNIA o DEPRESSION o MOODY ```
EMOTIONAL
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SET OF SYMPTOMS THAT MAY CONTINUE FOR WEEKS, MONTHS, OR OCCASIONALLY A YEAR OR MORE AFTER A CONCUSSION
POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME
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ENCEPHALOPATHY (PERMANENT DAMAGE TO BRAIN) AND STRUCTURAL BRAIN DAMAGE FROM REPEATED CONCUSSIONS.
DEMENTIA PUGLISTICA
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* GRADING SYSTEMS (GRADES 1 – 4) | * SPORTS CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT TOOL – 3RD EDITION
ASSESSMENT OF CONCUSSION
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MOST SERIOUS GRADE OF CONCUSSIONS ACCORDING TO THE GRADING SYSTEM (GRADES 1-4)
grade 4
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SPINAL NERVES: | C1-C8 CERVICAL SPINE SUPPLIES - 4
UPPER ARMS, HEAD, NECK & DIAPHRAGM
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SPINAL NERVES: | T9-T12 THORACIC SPINE SUPPLIES - 2
CHEST AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
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SPINAL NERVES: | L1-L5 LUMBAR SUPPLIES - 1
LOWER LEGS
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SPINAL NERVES: | S1-S5 SACRAL – INNERVATES - 2
THE PERINEUM, BLADDER
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SPINAL CORD IS COVERED BY THE SAME 3 LAYERS OF MENINGES THAT COVER THE ____________
BRAIN
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SPINAL CORD INJURY CAN BE THE RESULT OF ___________ OR ___________
INJURY OR DISEASE
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POINT AT WHICH SPINAL CORD IS DAMAGED IS CALLED A _____________
LESION
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SPINAL CORD INJURY: | CONTUSION VS TRANSECTION
CONTUSION - BRUISING | TRANSECTION - CORD HAS BEEN CUT (VERY RARE)
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SPINAL CORD INJURY: AT TIME OF INJURY, IF THERE IS PARALYSIS IT IS CONSIDERED A __________ INJURY.
COMPLETE INJURY | .
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SPINAL CORD INJURY: ______________ INJURY – PERSON STILL HAS SOME SENSORY FUNCTION. INITIALLY, THERE IS LOSS OF FUNCTION. CHANCE OF RETURN OF NORMAL FUNCTION ONCE THE INFLAMMATION AND BRUISING GOES DOWN
INCOMPLETE INJURY
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______________ IS MOST VULNERABLE BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST MOBILE.
C-SPINE
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_____________ SPINAL CORD INJURY • HYPERFLEXION – HEAD IS FORCED FORWARD. DAMAGE TO POSTERIOR LIGAMENTS THAT KEEP SPINAL CORD IN ALIGNMENT. • HYPEREXTENSION – HEAD IS FORCED BACKWARD. DAMAGE TO ANTERIOR LIGAMENTS. • COMPRESSION – WHEN SPINAL CORD IS COMPRESSED. CAN SHATTER BONES OF VERTEBRAE, THE FRAGMENTS ARE SHARP AND THEY RUN THE RISK OF TRANSECTING THE CORD. • ROTATION – HEAD SPINS. CAN DAMAGE THE SPINE AS WELL.
PRIMARY
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_____________ SPINAL CORD INJURY BODY TRIES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE THROUGH INFLAMMATION WHICH CAUSES SECONDARY DAMAGE. 1. OXIDATIVE STRESS – NEUTROPHILS CREATE FREE RADICALS THAT CAN DAMAGE SPINAL CORD 2. CYTOKINES – MATURE HELPER T CELLS & MACROPHAGES (TYPE OF CYTOKINE) WILL CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE 3. EXCITOTOXICITY – GLUTAMATE, A NEUROTRANSMITTER, AND ALTERS SODIUM & POTASSIUM PUMP WHICH CAN CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE SPINAL CORD.
SECONDARY
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TYPES OF SHOCK IN NEUROLOGICAL SECTION (2)
SPINAL NEUROGENIC *MORE DETAIL FOR SHORT ANSWER*
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WHICH SPINAL CORD INJURY • HYPERREFLEXIA • OVERACTIVITY OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM CAUSED BY AN IRRITANT BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LESION. MOST COMMON IN PEOPLE WITH INJURIES ABOVE T6. **REQUIRES PROMPT ATTENTION
AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA
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``` CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF _____________ ___________________ HYPERTENSION HEADACHE FLUSHED FACE DIAPHORESIS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF INJURY GOOSE FLESH BELOW LEVEL OF INJURY ```
AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA
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AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA CAN RESULT IN BURST ______ __________ IN BRAIN
BLOOD VESSEL
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AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF ____________ ___________ OR _________________
URINARY RETENTION OR CONSTIPATION
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WHICH CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE ? DISEASE OF CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSELS RESULTING IN IMPAIRED CEREBRAL PERFUSION (DISORDER OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT DAMAGES THE BRAIN TISSUE)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) _______ _________: o FAMILY HISTORY, AGE o SMOKING, DYSLIPIDEMIA o HYPERTENSION, DIABETES
RISK FACTORS
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80% OF CVA'S ARE _____________
ISCHEMIC
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TYPES OF ____________________ ____________ ISCHEMIA HEMORRHAGIC TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA)
CVA
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WHICH TYPE OF CVA? o BLOOD CLOT OCCLUDES BLOOD VESSEL OF BRAIN. ALL TISSUE DISTAL DOES NOT RECEIVE OXYGEN. IT BECOMES ISCHEMIC AND DIES. o SYMPTOMS ARE PERMANENT
ISCHEMIC CVA
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WHICH TYPE OF CVA? BLOOD VESSEL HAS BURST CAUSING BLEEDING INTO THE BRAIN. o EX. SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. o SYMPTOMS ARE PERMANENT
HEMORRHAGIC CVA
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``` TYPE OF CVA? TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN o TEMPORARY SYMPTOMS & RESOLVES SHORTLY  HEADACHE  ONE SIDED WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS  FACIAL DROOPING  SLURRED SPEECH o CAN BE A WARNING STROKE IS IMMINENT ```
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA)
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ETIOLOGY OF _____________ STROKE: •LARGE VESSEL DISEASE o ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CAN CAUSE STROKE o CARDIOEMBOLISM o ATHEROSCLEROSIS – PLAQUE IN BLOOD VESSELS •SMALL VESSEL DISEASE (LACUNAR INFARCT) – VESSELS DEEP IN VEINS
ISCHEMIC STROKE
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DEFINITION - STROKE THAT OCCURS IN YOUNG PERSONS WITH NO RISK FACTORS
CRYPTOGENIC
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DEFINITION - AREAS OF CELLS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE AND VIABLE IN REFERENCE TO STROKE.
PENUMBRA
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____________ STROKE IS CHARACTERIZED BY ACUTE ISCHEMIA IN AREA OCCLUDED BY THROMBUS/EMBOLUS SURROUNDED BY VIABLE CELLS (PENUMBRA)
ISCHEMIC
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PENUMBRA REMAINS VULNERABLE AS IT WILL DIE WITH FURTHER _______________
DEOXYGENATION
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TREATMENT OF ____________ STROKE: TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (T-PA) WHEN ADMINISTERED WITHIN 4.5 HOURS FROM WHEN “LAST SEEN NORMAL” o DISSOLVES CLOT
ISCHEMIC
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ISCHEMIC STROKE | TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (T-PA) WHEN ADMINISTERED WITHIN _____ HOURS FROM WHEN “LAST SEEN NORMAL”
4.5
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HEMORRHAGIC STROKE - ____________ INTO THE BRAIN
BLEEDING
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ETIOLOGY OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: | _______________ – BLOOD VESSEL BURSTS LEADS TO BRAIN BLEED
PRIMARY
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ETIOLOGY OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: _______________ – UNDERLYING VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES (DISORDERS OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT CAN LEAD TO BLEEDING INTO THE INFARCTED SITE)
SECONDARY
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_________________ IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF PRIMARY HEMORRHAGIC STROKE!
HYPERTENSION (75%)
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TREATMENT OF ____________ STROKE: | TO DO CAT SCAN, HAVE NEUROSURGEON SEE IT, AND SEE IF THEY CAN REPAIR IT.
HEMORRHAGIC *CANNOT GIVE CLOT BUSTING MEDS, IT WILL MAKE BLEEDING WORSE
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DEFINITION – PARALYSIS IS ON OPPOSITE SIDE BRAIN IS AFFECTED. DYARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, SEIZURES, VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, HEADACHES, ETC…
CONTRALATERAL PARALYSIS
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Signs & Symptoms OF ____________ * dysarthria * dysphagia * paralysis * seizures * hemiplegia: paralysis on one-side of body (usually opposite side of lesion)
STROKE
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_______________ OF STROKE: * effects of stroke are permanent * effects of TIA are not permanent but can be a warning sign * paralysis * skin breakdown * loss of speech
Complications
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INFECTION: ____________________ • INFLAMMATION OF THE LEPTOMENINGES & SUBARACHNOID SPACE • MAY OCCUR SECONDARY TO PARANASAL SINUS OR EAR INFECTION
MENINGITIS
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INFECTION: _________________ - CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS: o HEADACHE o FEVER o PHOTOPHOBIA o NUCHAL RIGIDITY – STIFF NECK, o BRUDZINSKI’S SIGN – WHEN NECK IS FLEXED FORWARD THE HIP AND KNEE AUTOFLEX o KERNIG’S SIGN – PERSON IS LYING ON THEIR BACK WITH HIPS FLEXED WHEN TRYING TO EXTEND LEG IT CAUSES MORE PAIN, AND CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION o TACHYPNEA o SEIZURES o CRANIAL NERVE INVOLVEMENT
MENINGITIS
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EVALUATION OF MENINGITIS IS DONE VIA ______________ ______________
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
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TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS INVOLVES __________________ & ________________
ANTIBIOTICS, CORTICOSTEROIDS
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``` ____________________ OF MENINGITIS: o HYDROCEPHALUS o HEADACHE o SEIZURES o DEAFNESS o PERSONALITY CHANGES o LANGUAGE DEFICITS o MOTOR WEAKNESS o ENDOCARDITIS o PNEUMONIA o DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULOPATHY (DIC) ```
COMPLICATIONS
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IF MENINGITIS IS LEFT UNTREATED A PERSON CAN HAVE _______________ & ______
SEIZURES & DIE
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DEFINITION -- INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN
ENCEPHALITIS
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_______ ________ VIRUS is a form of encephalitis
West Nile Virus
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WHICH INFECTIVE NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION: S&S o FEVER, HEADACHE, NAUSEA o USUALLY SELF-LIMITING BUT CAN PROGRESS TO COMA AND DEATH o INCREASED RISK IN ELDERLY & THOSE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
ENCEPHALITIS
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________________ NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES ``` ALZHEIMER'S HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE PARKINSON'S DISEASE AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ```
DEGENERATIVE
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``` DEMENTIA IS NOT A DISEASE, IT IS A _______________ IN MEMORY & COGNITIVE SKILLS SUCH AS: o MEMORY o COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE o ABILITY TO FOCUS AND PAY ATTENTION o REASONING AND JUDGMENT o VISUAL PERCEPTION ```
DECLINE
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DEMENTIA CAN SOMETIMES BE ______________
REVERSIBLE
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TYPES OF ______________: o ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE o VASCULAR DEMENTIA
DEMENTIA
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DEFINITION - DISEASE THAT LEADS TO DEMENTIA
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
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ALZEIMER'S DISEASE IS NOT ______________ & IS NOT PART OF NORMAL AGING.
REVERSIBLE
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TWO MAJOR FEATURES OF ALZEIMER’S o _________________ TANGLES o ________ DEPOSITS
NEUROFIBRILLARY | PLAQUE
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PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S HAVE ABNORMAL ____ PROTEIN. IT ACCUMULATES AS DEPOSITS OF PLAQUE.
TAU
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``` RISK FOR ___________ DISEASE o AGE o GENETICS o FEMALE GENDER o CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE o DIABETES o DOWN SYNDROME o HEAD INJURY o OTHER ```
ALZHEIMER'S
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE? | AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT TRAIT – GENETIC DEFECT ON CHROMOSOME 4 (INHERITED DISEASE)
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
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HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE INDIVIDUAL HAS A _____% CHANCE OF INHERITING THE GENE FROM THEIR PARENTS. IF THEY INHERIT THE GENE THEY WILL GET THE DISEASE
50%
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE MOVEMENT DISORDER  HUNTINGTON’S _________ – MOVING IN A RHYTHMIC TYPE OF FASHION
CHOREA
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ___________ DISEASE o DEMENTIA o IRRITABLE, ANGRY o EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES o TELL PEOPLE OFF
HUNTINGTON'S
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HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE DEATH USUALLY OCCURS YOUNG AS A RESULT OF _____________ INFECTION
SECONDARY
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DOPAMINE PLAYS A ROLE IN ____________
POSTURE
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DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY CAUSES RESTING ________ AND ______________ GAIT
TREMORS | SHUFFLING
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``` CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ____________ DISEASE o RIGIDITY, TREMOR, STOOPED POSTURE, o COGWHEEL RIGIDITY, BRADYKINESIA, o PROPULSIVE/RETROPULSIVE GAIT, o MASKLIKE FACIAL EXPRESSION, o DYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA ```
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
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PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF UPPER MOTOR NEURONS IN CEREBRAL CORTEX AND LOWER MOTOR NEURONS IN BRAIN STEM AND SPINAL CORD. DEATH USUALLY OCCURS WITH 3-5 YEARS • occurs in CENTRIPETAL DIRECTION (FINGERS TO ARMS) • PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE WASTING AND ATROPHY OF HANDS, ARMS AND LEGS • PATIENTS MAINTAIN SENSORY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS | AKA LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER? CAN OCCUR AFTER A VIRAL INFECTION. IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS ITSELF AND CAUSES DEMYELINATION IN PNS. • FOLLOWS VIRAL INFECTION
GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER? • CHARACTERIZED BY ASCENDING PARALYSIS • PARESTHESIA (PINS & NEEDLES) BEGINS IN FEET WORKS ITS WAY UP LEGS, ATAXIA, BLURRED VISION, DYSPHAGIA, DYSPNEA, RESP FAILURE • CAN BE REVERSIBLE IF TREATED EARLY & AGGRESSIVELY BUT RECOVERY TAKES SOME TIME (SEVERAL MONTHS) o TREATED WITH IMMUNOGLOBINS TO FIGHTS ANTIGENS THAT ARE TRYING TO DAMAGE PNS
GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER? * PROGRESSIVE DEMYELINATION OF THE CNS – SLOWS NEURONS SIGNAL * CAN BE AUTOIMMUNE AS WELL * ONSET: 20-40 YEARS; FEMALES>MALES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; 15% HAVE AFFECTED RELATIVE; ABNORMAL IMMUNE RESPONSE
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER? * CHARACTERIZED BY REMISSIONS & EXACERBATIONS * CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS: FATIGUE, DIPLOPIA, ATAXIA, IMBALANCE, UNCOORDINATED GAIT, BLURRED VISION, PROGRESSIVE PARALYSIS * VARIES DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUALS
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
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WHICH DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER? • CHRONIC DISEASE WITH FLAIR UPS SUCH AS: o PAROXYSMAL ATTACKS • EVALUATION AND TREATMENT o NO CURE o LIMIT EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND SLOW DISEASE PROGRESSION
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
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DEVELOPMENTAL ERRORS: | • NONPROGRESSIVE, PERMANENT ENCEPHALOPATHY OCCURRING PRENATALLY, PERINATALLY, OR POSTNATALLY
CEREBRAL PALSY
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ALL TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY EFFECTS _______ FUNCTION
MOTOR
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CEREBRAL PALSY CAN CAUSE SEVERE MENTAL _________ OR NONE AT ALL
DEFICITS
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HYDROCEPHALUS – ACCUMULATION OF ______________ INSIDE VENTRICLES IN BRAIN
WATER
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HYDROCEPHALUS CAN DEVELOP AFTER ________________
MENINGITIS
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THE AQUEDUCT THAT NORMALLY DRAINS CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID BECOMES _________ & COLLECTS FLUID CAUSING HYDROCEPHALUS.
BLOCKED
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TREATMENT OF HYDROCEPHALUS: • A _________ IS INSERTED TO DRAIN THE VENTRICLES INTO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. o MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO DEVELOP HEAD INJURY o MAY DEVELOP SEIZURES
SHUNT
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WHEN NECK IS FLEXED FORWARD THE HIP AND KNEE AUTOFLEX
o BRUDZINSKI’S SIGN –
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PERSON IS LYING ON THEIR BACK WITH HIPS FLEXED WHEN TRYING TO EXTEND LEG IT CAUSES MORE PAIN, AND CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION
o KERNIG’S SIGN –