Neurological Disorder Pt. 2

Question 1

Brain tumors Dx and Tx

Answer 1

headaches, visual disturbances, CT, MRI, neurological removal, and chemo

Question 2

what is a malignant glionoma primary intracerebal tumor

Answer 2

brain tumor

Question 3

what is an imbalance of neurotransmitter norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin

Answer 3

depression

Question 4

what is an imbalance in neurotransmitters dopamine, glutamate, and norepinephrine

Answer 4

schizophrenia

Question 5

what are complications of head injuries

Answer 5

immobility syndrome:

• stasis pneumonia
• stasis ulcers
• stress ulcers
• venostasis
• bone demineralization

Question 6

what are the risk factors for strokes

Answer 6

arterial HTN, smoking, diabetes, polycythemia, presence f lipoprotein, heart disease, and atrial fibrillation

Question 7

atherosclerotic process

Answer 7

increased plaque in arteries

Question 8

what are warning signs for transient ischemic attacks (strokes)

Answer 8

weakness, numbness, facial droops, unconsciousness, tonic.clonic seizures, incontinence, and loss of vision

Question 9

thrombotic stroke

Answer 9

*occlusion of arteries supplying brain or intracranial vessels
*associated w/ atherosclerosis/ inflammation Dx
blood clot that develops in the blood vessels inside the brain
*transient ischemic attack (stroke)

Question 10

embolic stroke

Answer 10

• fragments breaking from thrombus outside brain
• risks: AF, RHD, prosthetic valves, and carotid defects
• fat emboli (fat content that escape after surgery)

Question 11

hemorrhagic stroke

Answer 11

• intracerebral
• subarachnoid
• risks: HTN, aneurysm, vascular malformation, bleeding from tumor bed, hemorrhage associated w/ coagulopathy or anticoagulants

Question 12

what is caused by a blood clot that develops in the blood vessels inside the brain

Answer 12

thrombotic strokes

Question 13

what are caused by a blood clot or plaque debris that develops elsewhere in the body and travels to vessels through the bloodstream

Answer 13

embolic strokes

Question 14

right-brain stroke

Answer 14

hemiplegia on left, left sided neglect, spatial perceptual deficits, short attention span, impulsive, impaired judgement, and left homonymous hemianopsia

Question 15

left-brain stroke

Answer 15

hemiplegia on right, impaired speech, impaired discrimination, slow performance, anxiety, emotional lability, impaired comprehension, and right homonymous hemianopsia

Question 16

homonymous hemianopsia

Answer 16

condition in which a person see only one side

Question 17

treatment of stroke

Answer 17

ABC’s, anticoagulation. treatment of hypo/hyperglycemia, treatment of cerebral edema, surgical evacuation, carotid endarterectomy, hemorrhagic (BP control time for reabsorption), and seizures, falls, nutrition, rehab