Cerebral palsy Flashcards
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Core feature of CP
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Motor impairment of early onset that is the result of either a developmental anomaly or acquired injury affecting the not yet mature brain
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Definition of CP
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A group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.
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Common CP co-morbidities
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- epilepsies
- cognitive disturbances
- sensory impairment
- behavioural disturbances
- orthopaedic deformities
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2 strategies successful in decreasing CP
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- hypothermia in full-term newborns with moderate neonatal encephalopathy
- administration of magnesium sulphate to mothers in preterm labour
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Postnatal causes of CP
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- meningitis/ encephalitis
- traumatic brain injury
- toxins
- idiopathic
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Traditional classification of CP
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- spastic
- dyskinetic
- mixed
- ataxic-hypotonic
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Functional classification of CP
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- mobility/gross motor (GMFCS)
- Fine motor (MACS)
- communication (CFCS)
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Visual deficits associated with CP
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- strabismus
- cortical visual impairment
- refractive errors
- amblyopia
- visual perceptual impairment
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Behaviour problems associated with CP
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- self injurious behaviour
- sleep disturbance
- attentional deficits
10
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What does PEG stand for?
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
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Role of Botox in CP
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- effective adjuvant to other therapies
- increases stretch in relaxed muscles
- reduces dynamic spastic deformity
- selected indications
