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| waxing and waning symptoms: |
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| subacute onset of symptoms: |
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| Guillaine Barre starts in __ and worsk way up, may have had URI or immunizations. |
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| Levels of consciousness from least concscious to most conscious: |
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| coma> stupor> delirium> lethargy> confusion> A&O x3 |
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| Hemiplagia is caused by damage to the __ __ __ the brainstem. It is __ brain damage with __ early on and then __. There is NO spontaneous movement. |
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- corticospinal tract above the brainstem
- paralysis early on then spasticity
- no spont mvment |
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| Decorticate is damage to the __ tract. It is an abnormal __ response. Arms are tight to side, eblows, wrist and fingers flexed. Legs are __. |
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- corticospinal tract
- flexor
- legs are extended |
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| Decerebrate occurs with damage to the __, it is an abnormal __ response of the arms and legs. The jaws are __ and the back may be __ __. |
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- brainstem
- extensor
- clenched
- rigidly arched |
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| Sudden onset of acute confused state with disordered perceptions. sundowning occurs with this. |
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| clinical syndrome of failing memory, decreased intelligence, and behavioral abnormalities. |
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- response to questions
- calculation
- writing ability
- exectution of motor
- memory- immediate, recent, remote
- attention span
- judgment |
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| Emotional stability assessment: |
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- Mood and feelings
- Thought process and content
- Perceptual distortions and hallucinations
- Suicidal/homicidal ideations |
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| Speech and language skills: |
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- voice quality
- articulation
- comprehension
- coherence |
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| Pts with Broca's aphasia __ words, but cannot __ __. Reading is __, but writing is __. |
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- understand words
- cannot express self
- reading is intact
- writing is impaired |
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| Pts with Wernickes aphasia __ but can't __. They have __ ___ speech. Reading and writing are __. |
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- hear but can't understand
- fluent non-sensical
- reading and writing impaired |
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May understand only own name
Cannot speak to only a few words or sounds
Reading and writing ability severely impaired |
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- word comprehension
- repitition
- naming
- reading comprehension
- writing |
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| Folstein's Mini Mental Status Exam: |
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Orientation (10 points)
What is the; year, season, date, day, month?
Where are we; state, county, town, clinic, floor?
Registration (3 points)
Name 3 objects
Attention & Calculation (5 points)
Serial 7’s or WORLD backwards
Recall (3 points)
Repeat 3 previously named objects after 10 minutes
Language (9 points)
Identify 2 objects
Repeat “no ifs, ands or buts”
Follow 3 stage command
Read and obey written command
Write a sentence
Copy intersecting pentagons |
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| If suspect higher order thinking deficit could do: |
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MMSE
- max score of 30
- greater than or equal to 25 = normal
- 24 or lower= impairment |
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| The cognitive impairment test is a 6 item screening test that may detect __ __ earlier. The __ the score the better. |
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- mild demetia
- lower the score the better |
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I: Olfactor
II: Optic
III: Oculomotor
IV: Trochlear
V: Trigeminal
VI: Abducens
VII: Facial
VIII: Vestibulocochlear
IX: Glossopharyngeal
X: Vagus
XI: Accessory
XII: Hypoglossal |
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