Midterm Flashcards
alcohol abuse screening
Cut down
Annoyed by comments about drinking
Guilty about drinking
Eye opener
agraphia
inability to write
amnesia
inability to retain new information
aphasia
a complete loss of language function, but in practice a synonym for dysphasia
broca’s aphasia
from damage to left frontal lobe, non-fluent, often accompanied by right sided weakness, usually with insight and frustration
delirium
acute, confusional state characterized by clouded, reduced, or shifting attention often associated with sensory misperception or disturbed thinking
dementia
acquired impairment of memory and at least one other cognitive function without clouding of the sensorium or underlying psychiatric disease
dysphasia
acquired disorder of language not due to generalized intellectual impairment or psychiatric disturbance
expressive aphasia
acquired language disorder in which verbal output is nonfluent
wernicke’s aphasia
from damage to temporal lobe, fluent but non-sensical, associated with receptive problems, not with insight or weakness
akathisia
sped up motor activity
bradykinesia
slowed down motor activity
catatonia
immobile and rigid
confusion
acute inability to function cognitively
lethargy
slow speech and responses, patient aware of surroundings but drifts off when not stimulated
obtundation
reduced alertness from which patient can be aroused by continued stimulus
stupor
partial awareness from which patient can only be briefly aroused by intense stimulus
dysarthria
difficulty speaking because of problems with muscle control resulting from neurologic injury or disease
cerebellar dysarthria
jerky uncoordinated movement of speech muscles
aphonia or dysphonia
inability to produce normal speech sounds, often psychogenic
MMSE
- test helpful in early diagnosis of dementia
- helpful in documenting progression of dementia
- does not distinguish between dementia and delirium
- consider age and education when interpreting
cranial nerves
- olfactory
- optic
- oculomotor
- trochlear
- trigeminal
- abducens
- facial
- auditory
- glossopharyngeal
- vagus
- accessory
- hypoglossal
achilles reflex nerve root
Sacral 1
patellar reflex nerve root
lumbar 2, 3, 4
brachioradialis nerve root
cervical 5, 6
biceps reflex nerve root
cervical 5, 6
triceps reflex nerve root
cervical 6, 7
loss of vibration sensation
peripheral neuropathies