Neuro 197-end Flashcards
Key muscles tested L2
Hip flexors
MOI for anterior cord syndrome
Flexion
If a DVT is suspected, should either A or PROM be done?
No neither
DVT special test
Homan’s
An inability to remember events prior to the injury
Retrograde
What is a primary TBI
Initial injury to the brain sustained by impact
Key muscles tested C5
Elbow flexors
What is an epidural hematoma
Hemorrhage that forms between skull and dura mater
What type of patients can have autonomic dysreflexia
Ones with SCIs at or above T6
Key muscles tested L3
Knee extensors
What is a secondary TBI
Brain damage that occurs as a response to the initial injury
What type of amnesia is used as an indicator of the extent of damage
Post-traumatic amnesia
Key muscles tested S1
Ankle plantar flexors
Key muscles tested T1
Small finger abductors
A state of consciousness that is characterized by quiet behavior, confusion, poor attention, and delayed responses
Clouding of consciousness
The inability to create new memory
Anterograde
A state of consciousness that is characterized by disorientation, confusion, agitation, and loudness
Delirium
Joints most commonly affected by HO
larger… knees or hips
Key muscles tested L4
Ankle dorsiflexion
Flexion SCIs occurs most commonly at what level
C5-C6
Key muscles tested L5
Long toe extensors
Ectopic bone is AKA
Heterotopic ossificans
Etiology of orthostatic hypotension
Loss of sympathetic control of vasoconstriction in combination with absent muscle tone
What is a subdural hematoma
Hemorrhage that forms due to venous rupture between dura and arachnoid
A state of unconsciousness and the level of unresponsiveness to all internal and external stimuli
Coma
A state of consciousness that is characterized by a state of sleep, reduced alertness to arousal, and delayed responses to stimuli
Obtundity
Key muscles tested C7
Elbow extensors
DVT etiology
Formation of blood clot that becomes dislodged
Key muscles tested C8
Finger flexors
Hematoma
Hypoxia
Ischemia
Increased ICP
Primary or secondary TBI?
Secondary
What is autonomic dysreflexia
Noxious stimulus below LOI triggers autonomic nervous system causing sudden elevation in BP
What position is contraindicated for autonomic dysreflexia and why
Lying the patient down because it will elevate BP
Extension SCIs occur most common at what level
C4-C5
A state of general unresponsiveness with arousal occurring from repeated stimulation
Stupor
Key muscles tested C6
Wrist extensors
What type of memory is the last to recover after a comatose state
Anterograde
The time between the injury and when a patient is able to recall recent events
Post-traumatic amnesia
Skull penetration
Skull fractures
Contusion to gray/white matter
Primary or secondary TBI?
Primary
