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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for spontaneous eye opening |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for opening eyes in response to speech |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for opening eyes in response to pain |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points if the pt cannot open their eyes |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for confused verbal response |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for nonsense verbal response |
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Glasgow Coma Scale
How many points for silence (no verbal response) |
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Glasgow Coma Scale-Basic Motor Response
How many points for arm flexion |
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Glasgow Coma Scale-Basic Motor Response
How many points for arm extension |
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| What is the critical score on Glasgow Coma Scale |
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| What Glasgow coma scale is rated as moderate |
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| What Glasgow coma scale is rated as mild |
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TBIs are graded on a scale from mild to profound,
Name 3 things this grading is based upon |
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Severity of injury
Loss of consciousness
Post trauma amnesia |
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| Definition of Profound TBI |
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Persistent Coma
Post-trauma amnesia for more than 7 days |
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| Loss of consciousness and post-trauma amnesia for more than 24 hours |
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| Loss of concious for 20min to 1 hour corresponds to what grade of TBI |
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| How long do the symptoms of a mild TBI tend to last |
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| Usually gone within 3 months, last longer in 25-30% |
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| Is a right or left brain injury patient more likely to deny their problems and try to return to driving |
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| Right side is more likely due to poor awareness of deficits, decreased analytical skills and impaired awareness of body and surroundings |
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| Which part of the brain is involved in the ambient system (Where am I?) or the Orientation Pathway |
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| Midbrain (superior colliculus) |
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| Main functions of Limbic Lobe |
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| Main functions of Temporal Lobe |
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Expressive/Receptive Language
Sequencing
Motion Perception
Object/Color Identification
Auditory
Memory
Emotion Processing |
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| Main functions of Parietal Lobe |
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R/L Discrimination
Topographical Orientation
Spatial Relations
Motor Planning in Space
Spatial Awareness
Senses (touch, taste, temp etc.)
Math/Logic |
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| Main Functions of Occipital Lobe |
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Vision -color, contrast, contour, acuity
Voluntary Pursuits
Binocular vision |
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| Main Functions of Frontal Lobe |
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Executive Function
Initiation/Goal Planning
Motor Planning
Problem Solving
Judgement
Inhibition of Behaviour
Self-monitoring |
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| How will damage to Brodman Area 17 affect vision |
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| Compromised Visual acuity and visual field |
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| How may damage to Brodman Area 18 affect vision |
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| Compromised word and letter recognition |
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| How may damage to Brodman Area 19 affect vision |
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| Agnosia/Object recognition deficits |
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| How may damage to Brodman Area 8 affect vision |
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| Deficient eye movements, visual info gathering, visual-closure, F/G, visual-memory |
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| Is impaired brain metabolism primary or secondary brain injury |
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| Is subdural hemorrhage priamry or secondary brain injury |
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| Is free radical formation primary or secondary brain injury |
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| How do Reactive Oxygen Species produced secondary to brain injury affect metabolism |
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Weakens antioxidant defenses
ROS lipid peroxidation degrades membranes which changes/disrupts energy metabolism |
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| Which substance, when found in the brain, indicates brain injury has occurred |
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| Name 3 'substances' that cause brain damage on a neurochemical level (trifecta according to Dr.L) |
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Glutamate
Free Radicals
Nitric Oxide |
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| How does excess Ca affect cell structure |
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| Excess calcium disrupts microtubule construction and function |
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| Presentation of CN III Palsy |
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Ptosis
Hypoexotropia
dilated/fixed pupil
Accommodative paralysis |
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| Presentation of CN IV Palsy |
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| Head tilt to contra-lateral side |
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| From LGN through ipsilateral V1, through V2 , to dorsomedial area and MT and to posterior parietal cortex |
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| From LGN through ipsilateral V1, through V2, through V4 and then inferior temporal cortex |
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| What is the first visual associated area |
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| Definition of Associative Agnosia |
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| Unable to recognize/name objects by site (can do perceptual grouping but not specific recognition) |
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| Which is more severe, associative or apperceptive agnosia |
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| Apperceptive is more severe visual-perceptive problems |
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| 4 Terms for profound insensitivity to half of visual field |
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Visual Imperception
Neglect
Hemispatial agnosia
Hemiinattention
Hemiimperception |
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| Visual imperception is more severe when the damage is more anterior or posterior? |
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| Visual imperception is more severe when the damage is on the right or left side? |
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| 2 Varieties of Visual Imperception |
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1) Contralateral imperception (VF loss)
2) Visual Extinction |
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| 2 Modes of Visual Processing |
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| What aspects of vision are mediated by the 'ambient system' |
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| Spatial orientation, posture and motion |
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| Ambient vs. Focal systems=which is more vulnerable to damage |
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| Post-Traumatic Vision Syndrome |
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| What does the acronym ACE PLUS describe |
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| Accommodative dysfunction |
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| Convergence Insufficiency |
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| Poor fixations & Pursuits |
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| Which direction does the midline tend to shift in Visual Midline Shift Syndrome |
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| Will shift AWAY relative to affected side |
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| Which direction do people tend to lean in Visual Midline Shift Syndrome |
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| Lean away from affected side |
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