Misc Flashcards
What are the 3 evoked potentials?
VEP (visual)
BAEP (Auditory)
SSEP (Sensory)
What imaging is the test of choice for CNS lesions?
What imaging technique of the brain is the fastest?
MRI
CT
At what level do they preform a lumbar puncture?
Can it hit the spinal cord?
L4/L5
No because that’s where the cauda equina is
Flaccidity vs Rigidity vs Spasticity?
Flaccidity - Little resistance to passive movement
Rigidity - Steady muscular tension equal across all muscle groups
Spasticity - Sustained increase of tension when it is lengthened (speed dependent)
What is “bulk” on a motor exam
atrophy and pseudohypertrophy
Lethargy vs Stupor
lethargy- appears asleep but can be aroused and interact w/ environment
stupor- arouses briefly to vigorous stimuli, but not to the point of being interactive w/ environment
What is capgras delusion
recurrent belief that people are replaced by imposters
stiffperson syndrome
diffuse stiffness without weakness or numbness
prosopagnosia
inability to recognize faces of familiar people
If a transcranial Doppler measures velocities over _____ then ______ is contraindicated
100 (velocity of bloodflow in brain due to vasospasm)
Out of bed activities
Through what surgery do they attach an external ventricular drain EVD?
Ventriculostomy
Who must clamp the EVD in order for a patient to be mobilized?
Nurse or PT with nurse permission
What is the landmark that the pressure transducer of an EVD needs to be level with?
External auditory meatus
What disease causes internuclear opthalmoplegia?
What is it?
MS
Lesion of medial longitudinal fasciculus-
Inability to ADduct ipsilateral eye
Nystagmus with ABduction of contralateral eye
T or F: Cerebellar ataxia patients will have different performance eyes open vs eye closed
F.
Visual cues do not make a difference
