435 Concussion

Question 1

Chief cause of death in men less than 35 years old

Answer 1

Motor vehicle collision

Question 2

Pathophysiology for your loss of consciousness in Concussion

Answer 2

Result from transient electrophysiologic dysfunction of the reticular activating system in the upper midbrain that is the site of rotation

Question 3

True or false. Extent of retrograde amnesia correlated with the severity of injury

Answer 3

True.

Question 4

Refers to inexplicable behavioral abnormalities such as recounting events that cannot be recalled on later testing, bizarre affect, forgetting one’s own name, persistent anterograde deficit that is excessive in comparison to degree of injury

Answer 4

Hysterical posttraumatic amnesia

Question 5

True or false. Hemiparesis or gaze preference is fairly typical of moderately sized contusion

Answer 5

True