chapter 19 diabetic emergencies and altered mental status

Question 1

reticular activating system (RAS)

Answer 1

control the functions of staying awake pay attention and sleeping

Question 2

insulin

Answer 2

hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by many diabetics

Question 3

diabetes mellitus “sugar diabetes”

Answer 3

decreased insulin production or the inability of the body cells to use insulin properly.

Question 4

diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Answer 4

occurs as the result of high blood sugar due to dehydration altered mental status and shock

Question 5

sepis

Answer 5

infection especially a severe systemwide response to infection.

Question 6

partial seizure

Answer 6

only part or one side of the brain

Question 7

generalized seizure

Answer 7

a seizure that affects both sides of the brain

Question 8

tonic-clonic seizure

Answer 8

the patient loses consciousness and has jerking movements or paired muscle groups

Question 9

postictal

Answer 9

the period of time immediately following a tonic-clonic seizure from consciousness to full mental status

Question 10

aura

Answer 10

sensation experienced before the seizure which can be a smell sound or general feeling

Question 11

status epilepticus

Answer 11

prolonged seizure or situation when a person suffers two or more convulsive seizures w/o regaining full consciousness

Question 12

an appropriate description of the reticular activating​ system?

Answer 12

Wake and sleep center

Question 13

what is most likely to alter mental status

Answer 13

hypoxia

Question 14

what is most likely to alter mental status

Answer 14

hypoxia

Question 15

In an ischemic​ stroke, what occludes an​ artery?

Answer 15

A clot or embolism

Question 16

Aphasia is often seen​ in:

Answer 16

stroke patients.