Evaluation And Diagnosis

Question 1

What’s the difference between:
Lethargy?
Obtunded?
Stuporous?

Answer 1

Lethargy: easy to arouse with slow speech and movement

Obtunded: difficult to arouse. Confused

Stuporous: minimal response to painful stimuli

Question 2

What’s the most commonly injured nerve in mild TBI

Answer 2

The olfactory nerve

Occurs at a higher rate in moderate and severe TBI

Question 3

Clinical signs of UMN lesion ( other than weakness)

Answer 3

Hyper reflexive

Hypertonia

Question 4

Signs of LMN lesion other than weakness

Answer 4

Flaccid. Hypotonia

Hyporeflexia

Muscle atrophy

Fasciculations

Question 5

What is graphesthesia

Answer 5

Inability to identify numbers or letters traced in our hand

Question 6

What is stereognosis?

Answer 6

Inability to identify objects placed in the hand

Question 7

What is extinction

Answer 7

Inability to recognize a stimulus when performed concurrently with a second stimulus

Ability to recognize the same stimulus when performed in isolation