Quiz #3

Question 1

Risk factors for DELIRIUM (acute state of brain dysfunction)

Answer 1

Critical care units
Postsurgically
Withdrawal from CNS depressants (alcohol, narcotics, etc.)

Question 2

Risk factors associated with GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME

Answer 2

Within 4 weeks after a RESPIRATORY TRACT or GI INFECTION
Surgery
Immunizations
Immune check point inhibitors
INFECTIONS (ZIKA, COVID-19)

Question 3

Pathophysiology of PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Answer 3

Severe degeneration of the basal ganglia (corpus striatum) involving the DOPAMINERGIC NIGROSTRIATAL PATHWAY

LOSS OF DOPAMINERGIC-PIGMENTED NEURONS IN THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA

Question 4

Primary risk factors for CVA

Answer 4

HYPERTENSION

f.a.s.t = face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time to call 911

Question 5

Risk factors for EMBOLIC STROKE

Answer 5

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM/THROMBUS
LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS
RECENT MI
BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
RHEUMATIC VALVE DISEASE
MECHANICAL VALVE PROSTHESIS
Atrial septal defects
Patent foremen ovale
Primary intracardiac tumors

Question 6

Tx for PREGNANT women with SEVERE DEPRESSION

Answer 6

ECT may be used when individuals fail to respond to antidepressants or when they are severely depressed, pregnant, suicidal, psychotic
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS may NOT be used in pregnancy

Question 7

LITHIUM indications

Answer 7

First line of tx for BIPOLAR I

Question 8

Complications of PANIC DISORDER

Answer 8

AGORAPHOBIA - phobic avoidance of places or situations where escape or help is not readily available; can become homebound

Question 9

Risk factors and symptoms of PTSD

Answer 9

Symptoms:
INTRUSIVE FLASHBACKS
NIGHTMARES

Risk factor:
Exposure to terrifying, life-threatening trauma

Question 10

NERVOUS SYSTEM ASSESSMENT for dysfunction

Answer 10

Neurological functions critical to evaluation process:
LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS - most critical clinical index of nervous system function
Pattern of breathing
Pupillary reaction
Oculomotor responses
Motor responses