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Neurological Flashcards

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Stroke

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Damage to brain by interuptions of blood supply

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Hemorrhagic Stroke

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blood leaks out of damaged blood vessels into interstitial space
-brain tissue deprived of O2
-blood in skull rises intracranial pressure

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Ischemic Stroke

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-bv delivering O2 to the brain is blocked
-position determines the extent of the damage

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What does a pupillary check involve

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-PEARL
-pupils equal and reactive to light
-Bi-lateral dilation and movement

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GCS - Glasgow coma scale

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Eyes response /4
Verbal response /5
Motor response /6

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Neurological Assessment

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  • pupillary check
  • GSC
  • level/loss of consciousness
    -observed behaviors
  • evaluation of cranial nerves
    -motor strength and function
    -vitals
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Cushings Triad

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bradycardia, irregular respirations, and a widened pulse pressure.
- neurological emergency
-indicates a severe increase in ICP

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Diffuse Axonal Injury

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tearing of axons that happens when the brain is injured as it shifts and rotates inside the skull.

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Coup

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coup injury is associated with a moving object impacting a stationary head (brain)

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Countercoup

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-brain rebounds and strikes the opposite side of skull

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Contusion

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bruising or bleeding in the brain
brain cells will likely die

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Concussion

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-TBI
-brief disruption in LOC and amnesia due to head injury

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Focal vs Diffuse Head injury

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focal: confined to one area of the brain
- haematoma
- contusion
diffuse: happens in more than one area of the brain
-concussion
-diffuse axonal injury

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)

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  • bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain
    -often caused by an aneurysm
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Subdural hematoma

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bleeding in the subdural space, between the dura mater and arachnoid layer

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Aneurysm

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  • abnormal artery wall distension
    -ruptured leads to brain bleeds
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Intracranial Hematoma

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bleeding within the brain

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Coiling

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-Catheter inserted into aneurysm
-coils are packed into a dome and promote clotting
-closes the aneurysm and remove rupture risk

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Clipping

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surgical clip to close off aneurysm in the brain

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Burrholes

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used to relieve pressure off the brain when fluids build up
-small hole and tube

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Craniotomy

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section of the skull temporarily removed for surgeons to access the haematoma

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Haematoma

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collection of blood outside of blood vessels.
-usually caused by blood leaking out of a damaged vessel

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Intracranial Pressure (ICP)

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pressure exerted by fluids inside the skull on the brain tissue

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Monro Kellie hypothesis

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an increase in volume of one intracranial component (CSF, blood, brain tissue) must be compensated by a decrease in in one or more of the other component
- volume must remain fixed

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Encephalitis

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inflammation of active tissues of the brain

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Increased ICP causes

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-tumor, stroke, hypertension, infection, head injury, ruptured aneurysm, meningitis, cerebral oedema

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Cerebral Oedema

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Swelling on the brain

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Cerebral edema causes

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1) mass lessons: abscess, tumor, heamorrhage
2) Head Injury: contusion, post-traumatic brain swelling
3) Brain Surgery
4) Cerebral Infection

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ICP progression

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  • initial cranial insult
  • tissue oedema
  • BV compression
    -decrease in blood flow and O2
    -death of brain cells
    -increase in ICP
    -compression of brain stem
    -CO2 accumulation
    -vasodilation
    -DEATHHHH 💀
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ICP treatment

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  • IV mannitol
    -hyperventilation
    -draining excess fluid
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ICP complications

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  • inadequate cerebral perfussion
  • ischamia and oedema further increased
  • further compression of brain steam
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Haemorrhage

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release of blood from a broken blood vessel, either inside or outside the body

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