DIABETIC EMERGENCIES AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS

Question 1

A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PANCREAS OR TAKEN AS A MEDICATION BY MANY DIABETICS.

Answer 1

INSULIN

Question 2

A SEIZURE THAT AFFECTS ONLY ONE PART OR ONE SIDE OF THE BRAIN.

Answer 2

PARTIAL SEIZURE

Question 3

THE PERIOD OF TIME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE IN WHICH THE PATIENT GOES FROM FULL LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO FULL MENTAL STATUS.

Answer 3

POSTICAL PHASE

Question 4

SERIES OF NEUROLOGIC CIRCUITS IN THE BRAIN THAT CONTROL THE FUNCTIONS OF STAYIN AWAKE, PAYING ATTENTION AND SLEEPING.

Answer 4

RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM

Question 5

A SUDDEN CHANGE IN SENSATION, BEHAVIOR, OR MOVEMENT. THE MOST SEVERE FORM OF SEIZURE PRODUCES VIOLENT MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS CALL CONVULSIONS.

Answer 5

SEIZURE

Question 6

INFECTION, ESPECIALLY A SEVERE, SYSTEMWIDE RESPONSE TO INFECTION.

Answer 6

SEPSIS

Question 7

A PROLONGED SEIZURE OR SITUATION WHEN A PERSON SUFFERS TWO OR MORE CONVULSIVE SEIZURES WITHOUT REGAINING FULL CONSCIOUSNESS.

Answer 7

STATUS EPILEPTICUS