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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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happens when a sudden, external, physical assault damages the brain
- TBI is a broad term that describes a vast array of injuries that happen to the brain. The damage can be: focal, diffuse

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focal damage

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confined to one area of the brain
- contusions (visible)
- concussion (non-visible)
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players
- hematomas (subdural and epidural)

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diffuse damage

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happens in more than one area of the brain

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two ways TBIs may happen

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closed brain injury, penetrating brain injury

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closed brain injury

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  • happen when there is a non-penetrating injury to the brain with no break in the skull
  • a rapid forward or backward movement and shaking of the brain inside the bony skull (e.g., car accident or violently shaking a baby)
  • diffuse axonal injuries (DAI)
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penetrating brain injury

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  • open head injuries
  • happen when there is a break in the skull, such as when a bullet pieces the brain
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diffuse axonal injury (DAI)

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a type of TBI that occurs due to shearing of a brain’s long connecting nerve fibers (axons) that happens when the brain is injured as it shifts and rotates inside the boney skull

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classifications of TBI based on the Glasgow coma scale (GCS)

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mild (13-15), moderate (9-12), severe (below 8)

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symptoms of diffuse axonal injury (DAI)

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  • can present in a spectrum of neurological dysfunction
  • can range from clinically insignificant to a comatose state
  • most patients are identified to be severe and commonly have a GCS of less than 8
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etiology of DAI

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  • most common etiology involves high-speed motor vehicle accidents
  • most common mechanism involves an accelerating and decelerating motion that leads to shearing forces to the white matter tracts of the brain
  • commonly affects white matter tracts involved in the corpus callosum and brainstem
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coup contra coup

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  • coup injury refers to the brain damage that occurs directly under the point of impact
  • coutra coup injury occurs on the opposite side of the brain from where the head is struck
    (when a blow is taken to one side of the skull/brain and then the skull/brain rocks back and forth in reaction)
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bad design of the skull

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if brain slides against ethmoid ridge and/or sphenoid ridge, it can get wrecked

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ethmoid ridge

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bone separating the hemispheres

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sphenoid ridge

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bone separating frontal and temporal lobes

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one consequence of contusions

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orbitofrontal cortex damage
- affects executive function

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clinical features of mild traumatic brain injury: initial presentation

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  • initial loss of consciousness lasting seconds to minutes, but not lasting longer than 30 minutes
  • period of confusion (post-traumatic amnesia) lasting minutes to hours, but can last up to 24 hours
  • any combination of headaches, neck ache, dizziness, and nausea
  • typically no focal findings on the remainder of the neurological examination
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clinical features of mild traumatic brain injury: follow-up presentation

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“neural injury”
- cognitive deficits (attention, memory, and executive function)
- behavioral deficits (depression, anxiety)

“non-neural injury”
- systemic deficits (head/neck ache, dizziness, poor sleep)

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recovery from a mild traumatic brain injury

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  • typical patient (loss of consciousness [LOC] <1-minute, post-traumatic amnesia [PTA] <20-40 minutes) usually recovers within 3 months
  • if injury is more severe (LOC > 10 minutes, PTA > 4-6 hours) recovery can take months to years, or not at all
  • older patients (>55 years) will take longer to recover
  • 10-15% of mild TBI patients have symptoms at 1 year (called persistent post-concussive syndrome [PPCS])
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other causes of TBI

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  • epidural hematoma
  • subdural hematoma
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treating hematoma

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decompressive craniectomy
- remove portion of skull so brain can inflame and go out through that removed portion rather than pushing down inside the skull

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seizure

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abnormal discharge of neurons that causes sudden and brief (seconds to minutes) abnormalities of brain function (sensory, motor, behavioral, cognitive)

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epilepsy

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recurrent seizures of unknown etiology

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neurotransmitters in epilepsy

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1) influx of sodium
2) influx of calcium
3) release of glutamate
4) activation of excitatory receptors
5) inhibition of GABAergic system

  • thought that glutamate is implicated
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causes of seizures

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  • genetic
  • trauma/brain injury
  • tumors
  • vascular - stroke, hemorrhage, AVM
  • toxic - alcohol, cocaine
  • infections - encephalitis, meningitis
  • metabolic - hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia
  • other - sleep deprivation, fainting, fever (children)
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epilepsy - generalized

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  • tonic/clonic (Grand Mal)
  • absence (petit Mal)
  • complex partial (most common in adults) (unconscious)
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epilepsy - focal (partial)

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simple partial (conscious)

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generalized tonic-clonic epilepsy

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  • impaired consciousness
  • aura (20%) –> feel that it is coming
  • collapse to floor
  • tonic body extension followed by clonic jerking
  • loss of bowel or bladder (20%)
  • prolonged post-ictal state up to hours
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petit mal seizures

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  • generalized (absence)
  • impaired consciousness, brief 2-3 second episodes
  • chewing movements in 20% of cases
  • NO post-ictal state; 3 per second spike-wave discharge
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complex partial seizures

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  • a focal onset impaired awareness seizure
  • starts in temporal lobe then moves to other areas of the brain that affect symptoms
  • impaired consciousness
  • dreamy state, deja vu
  • formed auditory hallucinations - music
  • formed visual hallucinations
  • chewing movements, automatisms (picking at clothing)
  • language disturbance
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simple partial (focal) seizures

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  • consciousness
  • somatosensory - tingling
  • motor - twitching, head turning, grimacing
  • visual - flashes of light
  • auditory - ringing, hisses, noises
  • olfactory - bad odors
  • autonomic - sweating, flushing, epigastric pain
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treatment of epilepsy

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  • anti-epileptic medications
  • surgery
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anti-epileptic medications

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  • decrease membrane excitability by interacting with neurotransmitter receptors or ion channels
  • act on sodium channels, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors, or calcium channels
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surgery to treat epilepsy

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remove affected brain tissue

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types of brain tumors

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primary, secondary

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primary brain tumors

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  • intraparenchymal –> glioma (astrocytoma)
  • extraparenchymal –> meningioma
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secondary brain tumors

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intra or extraparenchymal –> metastases

started outside the brain then traveled into the brain

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intraparenchymal

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inside the brain

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extraparenchymal

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outside the brain

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location of brain tumors

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  • adults: cerebral hemispheres
  • children: brainstem and cerebellum
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symptoms of brain tumors

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  • depends on location
  • slowly progressive
  • if cortex involved, seizures are common
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childhood brain tumors

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  • almost always in the posterior fossae: cerebellum and brainstem
  • balance (ataxia) and cranial nerve problems (double vision) typical
  • 4 types: 2 treatable, 2 not very treatable
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watershed zones

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areas of the brain that are fed by two main artery supplies
- the artery diameter is small and circulating tumors get stuck
- metastasis often found at first in watershed zones

43
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usual sources of secondary tumors

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  • lung
  • colon
  • breast
  • melanoma
  • kidney

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