Week 7 pt. 1 - Guest Lectures Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
Q

What are microbes?

A

any things that is in and around us: fungi, bacteria, viruses, microscopic animals, etc.

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2
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unhealthy microbiome

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dysbiosis

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3
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alpha diversity

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within a single sample - how many species of microbial in an individual

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beta diversity

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comparing different samples of microbiomes and identifying the variability

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5
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increased inflammation causes an increase in what for those in the military?

A

a higher risk of PTSD

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6
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Sudden onset of a severe headache +/- nausea & vomiting are symptoms of what?

A

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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7
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Paralysis affecting one side of the body:
Face, arm, trunk, leg.

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Hemiplegia

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8
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Implies a lesser degree of weakness than hemiplegia.

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Hemiparesis

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9
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Failure to attend to, respond to, and/or report stimulation that is introduced contralateral to the lesion.

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Neglect

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10
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Persistent neglect is a predictor of what?

A

negative functional outcome

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Loss of ability to execute skilled or learned movement patterns on command

A

Apraxia

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12
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What type of apraxia causes:
Plan for the movement is intact, but the execution fails.

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Ideomotor Apraxia

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13
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Occlusion of PICA or vertebral artery with damage to lateral
medulla and inferior cerebellum

Ex. lights going out in half the house after you flip the breaker

A

Lateral Medullary Syndrome/Wallenberg syndrome

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14
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One factor contributing to increases in chronic inflammatory disorders in high- income countries

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failing immunoregulation

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15
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failing immunoregulation is attributable to reduced exposure to the:

A

microbial environment

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16
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live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut microbiota

17
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compounds in food that foster growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi.

18
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More than __% of patients experience seizures close to onset of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

19
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Meningeal signs seen in over __% of SAH:
* neck stiffness
* LBP
* Leg pain

20
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About __% of patients experience LOC at the time of bleeding onset of SAH

21
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Transient intracranial circulatory arrest: The ‘percussive’ blood pressure impact of the hemorrhage during an SAH causes what?

22
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Hunt-Hess Scale: Grade I (2)

A
  • Asymptomatic or minimal headache
  • slight nuchal rigidity (sore neck)
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Hunt-Hess Scale: Grade V (3)

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  • Deep coma,
  • decerebrate rigidity (posturing)
  • moribund appearance (dying) no response to pain
24
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MCA Syndrome (5)

C C H G D

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  • Contralateral weakness (face = trunk = arm = leg)
  • Contralateral cortical sensory loss
  • Homonymous hemianopsia or quadrantanopia
  • Gaze preference
  • Dysphagia
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ACA Syndrome causes Unilateral: (3)
– motor loss in legs (up to 90% of patients) – arm cortical sensory loss – Frontal release signs/inhibition of reflexes
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Acquired inability to associate a perceived unimodal stimulus (i.e. visual, auditory, tactile) with meaning.
Agnosia
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Agnosia is a disorder of _______________.
Disorder of recognition (not naming)
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denial of deficit
Anosagnosia
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impaired ability to recognize faces
Prosopagnosia
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Impairment of language
aphasia
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aphasia is nearly always involves damage to the
left fronto-temporal and/or temporal-parietal regions
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Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage causes: (1)
Alteration in level of consciousness (~ 50%)