Meningitis Flashcards
What are the symptoms of meningitis
Fever
Headache
Irrtability
Delirium
Loss of consciousness
Purpura
Neck stiffness
Kernig’s sign
Brudzinski sign
What is kernig’s sign?
Spasm of the hamstring muscle when trying to extend a flexed knee while the hip is flexed
What us brudzinski’s sign?
Severe neck stiffness cause the hip and knees to flex when neck is flexed
What does pink CSF indicate during a lumbar puncture?
Sub arachnoid haemorrhage
Bacterial infections are common high mortality and morbidity, true or false?
False
Viral infections are common high mortality and morbidity, true or false?
True
Viral infection, with early recognition and treatment may prevent permanent CNS damage, true or false?
False
Bacterial infection, with early recognition and treatment may prevent permanent CNS damage, true or false?
True
How many meninges layer are there?
3b
Name the meninges layers
Dura mater
Arachnoid
Pia mater
What precaution should you place meningitis patients on?
Contact, droplet, air borne, protective, or full precaution?
Droplet
What are the groups of organisms that will cause meningitis?
Bacterial, viral, protozoa, fungi, helminths
Bacterial
Viral
Fungi
What will you be able to detect in CSF sample obtained via a lumbar puncture in a meningitis patient?
Leukocytes
What is the colour/ consistency of a CSF sample obtained via lunbar punchure for a viral meningitis patient?
Very clear CSF
What is the colour/ consistency of a CSF sample obtained via lunbar punchure for a bacterial meningitis patient?
Bad cloudy CSF
