Normal ICP

Question 1

What is the normal ICP

Answer 1

7-15 mmHG

Question 2

Lewy bodies

Answer 2

Parkinson’s disease

Question 3

Gold standard for declaring brain death

Answer 3

Cerebral blood flow

Question 4

Parkinson’s disease is damages to what part of the brain?

Answer 4

Basal ganglia

Question 5

Parietal lobe main characteristic

Answer 5

Propeioception

Question 6

Weakness greater in arms than legs

Answer 6

Central cord syndrome main s/s

Question 7

ICP and CPP monitoring are recommended for GCS less than

Answer 7

8

Question 8

Brief or no loss of consciousness followed by a lucid period, then decline rapidly in consciousness

Answer 8

Epidural hematoma
Emergency due to arterial bleeding

Question 9

Venous bleed

Answer 9

Subdural hematoma

Question 10

Cerebral contusion may be evident on what kind of scan?

Answer 10

CT

Question 11

Eyes remain fixed when turning the head from side to side

Answer 11

Negative dolls eyes

Question 12

Where is the short term memory located?

Answer 12

Frontal
Lobe

Question 13

Where is long tern memory located?

Answer 13

Temporal lobe

Question 14

Where is Wernickes area located?

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

Where is Broca’s area located?

Answer 15

Frontal lobe

Question 16

Body’s ability to sense movement action and location

Answer 16

Parietal lobes main characteristic
Proprioception

Question 17

What kind of bleed is an emergency?

Answer 17

Epidural hematoma bc it’s an arterial bleed

Question 18

What part of the brain does Parkinson’s disease affect?

Answer 18

Basal ganglia

Question 19

How to dispose surgical instruments used to biopsy brain tissue of a patient suspected to have Creatzfdt Jacob disease?

Answer 19

They must be destroyed

Question 20

H/o Spinal cord injury. Presents with hypertension and diaphoresis

Answer 20

Autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 21

Affects patients with SCI at or above T6 level after spinal shock has resolved

Answer 21

Autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 22

A noxious stimuli bellow the sci level involving a sympathetic response , causing severe vaso constriction

Answer 22

Autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 23

Hypertension, vasodilation
Could be caused by uti, cystitis, renal cálculi, painful procedures likes cystoscopy, colonoscopy, fecal impaction, personal fistula

Answer 23

Autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 24

Assess and correct precipitating factors, many place a catheter to drain urine, desimpact the bowel, lose tight clothing

Answer 24

Intervention for autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 25

Nitro, apresoline, hytrin, alpha adrenergic blockers like terazosin,

Answer 25

Medications that are fast and acting to Lower BP in autonomic hyperreflexia

Question 26

Presentation of a motor movement abnormality caused by trauma during an early age can be classified as

Answer 26

CP

Question 27

Unilateral ptosis Miosis (small pupil) Anhydrosis on the ipsilateral face (inability to sweat)

Answer 27

Horners syndrome

Question 28

Works by inhibiting the effects of the neurotransmitter GABA to stop seizures

Answer 28

Benzondiazspine (Ativan)

Question 29

More common with trauma and neck manipulation

Answer 29

Extracranial vertebrae

Question 30

Sudden twisting or head movements can cause

Answer 30

Vertebral or carotid dissection

Question 31

Paeudotumor cerebri is most commonly linked with

Answer 31

Obesity

Question 32

Steroid immunosuppressive interferon

Answer 32

Tx of MS

Question 33

Avoid using acetylcholinesyerase inhibitor

Answer 33

MS

Question 34

Avoid nasal packing . It increases risk of CNS infection

Answer 34

CSF leak

Question 35

How to determine spina bífida in a fetus

Answer 35

US

Question 36

Which time interval for presentation of a stroke patient with a central venous thrombosis is more common?

Answer 36

Subacute 48 hrs to 30 Days

Question 37

Which is not considered a cause for central venous thrombosis?

Answer 37

Factor VIII deficiency which will cause coagulopathy with a decreased abulity to clot

Question 38

A tumor in which side of the brain is most likely to present with seizures?

Answer 38

Temporal lobe

Question 39

Which sign would be an indication of the presence of spinal shock following a spinal cord injury?

Answer 39

Loss of anal tone

Question 40

Which sign would be an indication of the presence of spinal shock following a spinal cord injury?

Answer 40

Loss of anal tone