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Neurological Unit- Assessment Flashcards

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History taking

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1.Hx
2. General Appearance
3. Hx of present illness (PQRST)
4. Past medical Hx
Family Hx
5. Medical Hx
6. Degree of stimuli
7. Social Hx

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Degree of Stimuli

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  1. Verbal Stimulation: Say something they open eyes
  2. Tactile Stimulation: Touch them they open eyes
  3. Painful Stimuli (Nocous stimuli): Sternum rub and trapezius squeeze
  4. Peripheral Stimuli: Pressure on nail beds
    AS Decrease in list more stimuli is needed to elicit a response
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Vital Signs: Cushing Triad

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  1. Increased Systolic BP
  2. Widened pulse pressure
  3. Bradycardia
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Vital Signs: Blood Pressure
Hypotension
Hypertension
Pulse Pressure

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Hypotension: CANNOT b/c cranium is non expandable
Hypertension: Systolic bp increased
Pulse Pressure: NORM: 30-40

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Temperature:

WHAT increases it?

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Infection
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Seziures
Restlessness
Injury to Hypothalmus
Neurological Fever: Swelling around the hypothalmus
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Temperature:

WHAT decreases it?

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Shock
Metabolic coma
Terminal Stages of neurologic disease

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Level Of Conciousness

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A state of awareness regarding self,enviroment, and response

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LOC:

Arousal function of

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Function of RAS

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LOC:

Awareness Function of

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Requires both intact RAS and crebral hemispheres

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LOC:

Coma

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The absence of awareness
Structural lesion
Metabolic or psychiatric disorder

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Glasgow Coma Scale:

Definition

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A method to standardize observation of responsiveness in neurologic patients
Best or highest response is recorded
Parameters
Min: 3
MAX: 15
Coma:8 or less
Clinical significance: change in 2 points

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Glasgow Coma Scale: SCALE

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EYE opening:  
4: Spontaneously
3: To verbal command
2: To Pain
1: NONE
0: Untestable (if pt is on nuromusclar blockades or swollen eye)
BEST VERBAL response:
5: Orientated and converses
4: Disorientated and converses
3: Inappropriate words: Calling things wrong name 
2: Incomprehensible sounds: Slurred mumbling
1: NONE
0: Untestable: if have trach, intubated
BEST MOTOR response:
6: Obeys
5: Localizes pain: pushes stimuli away
4: Withdrawls from pain
3: Abnormal flexion
2: Abnormal extension
1: NONE
0: Untestabe: On neuromuscluar blockade, spinal cord injury
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Speech Disorders:

Dysphoniac

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Difficulty producing sounds

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Speech Disorders:

Dysarthria

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Difficulty ariculating

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Speech Disorders:

Dysprosody

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Lack of inflection while talking

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Speech Disorders:

Dysphasia

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Difficulty understanding or expressing language

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Speech Disorders:
Aphasia
1. Receptive
2. Expressive
3. Global
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1. Wernik : Difficult understanding
Sensory
2. Broca: difficult cant get words out
Motor
3. Both
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Involuntary Movements

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Abnormal flexion: Indicative of cerebral lesion
Abnormal Extension: Indicative of midbrain or brainstem lesion
Opisthotonos: Arching , indicative of brainstem injury

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Abnormal Reflexes

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Babinski - Fanning of toes
Grasp: Hold on but dont let go
Sucking: Start to do mouth care and pt starts sucking

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Signs of Basilar Skull Fractures

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Battle sign
Rhinorrhea
Otorrhea
Raccoon Eyes

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Meningeal Irritation:

Nuchal rigidity

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Nuchal rigidity: Inability to flex neck

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Meningeal Irritation:

Kernig’s sign

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Pain when go to raise leg up as pt is lying down

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Meningeal Irritation:

Brudzinski sign

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Bring neck forward pt pulls legs up

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Clinical Indication of BRAIN DEATH

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LOC
Pupils (Fixed)
Motor
Reflexes - may have root reflexes
Ventilation: Apneic 
Confirming Definitive Diagnosis studies:
Cerebral angiography- look at blood flow (complication -bleeding)
Transcranial Doppler- Look for blood flow (non invasive)
Cerebral Blood flow study
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Oculocephalic Reflex - DOLL EYES

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See if intact cranial lobes or lesion near brain stem
Only do if pt is unconscious - suspect brain death
Normal: is looking away from the turn (turn head force eyes open)
Anormal- Looking toward turn or stationary eyes
(C- SPINE MUST BE INTACT)

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Oculovestibular Reflex - Cold Caloric Test

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Unconcious, suspect brain death
MUST HAVE INTACT TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Putting ice cold water near - EXTREMELY painful
-Normal-Look toward the ear where water is inserted
ABNORMAL- eyes drift to other ear or none

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TEST: CT

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CT- FIRST TEST with change in LOC

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