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Extra credit NUB 350
Final
Question | Answer |
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Which test monitors electrical impulses of the brain? | EEG |
What is a main side effect to a lumbar puncture? | Headache |
Whats the most sensitive indicater of change in the neurological status? | LOC |
Which scale is used to determine stimuli in terms of eye opening, verbal response and motor response? | Glasgow Coma Scale |
Adults - when your toes flare whats this called? | Babinskis reflex |
Which dx test do you use to determine stroke? | CT |
What is the precursor to stroke? | TIA |
which stroke do you decrease pressure? | Hemorrhagic |
What stroke do you not decrease pressure? | Ischemic |
Difficulty with communition? | Aphasia |
Difficulty swallowing? | Dysphagia |
Signs of Stroke? FAST | Face droop;arm/leg wear; sudden slurred speech; time to call |
TPA can be given within _________ of onset? | 3-4 hours |
What disease affects the upper and lower motor neuron clinical manifestations? | ALT |
What area is not affected with ALS? | Bowel/Bladder incontince |
What cranial nerve is affected with bells palsy? | Cranial nerve 7 |
Which disease attacks the myeline sheath? | Guillian Barre |
What disease destorys the myeline sheath? | MS |
In gillian Barre do you suppress the immune systems? | No |
What drug do you gie to MS patients for bladder incontience? | Ditropan |
What is Parkinson's Disease | Decrease in Dopamine |
What is the first sign of Parkinson's Disease | Tremor |
What is the second sign of Parkinson's Disease | Rigidity |
What is the third sign of Parkinson's Disease | Bradykinesia |
Patients with lower back pain should not sleep in what poisiton? | Prone |
Patients with lower back pain should exercise? | 15 min in the morning and 15 min in the afternoon |
What disease is a silent theif? | Osteoporosis |
What drug is given for osteoporosis? | Fosamax |
What 2 considerations should be used when giving Fosomax? | Sitting up for 30 minutes and Take on a empty stomach |
What sign for carpel tunnel tap on the median nerve? | Tinnel |
What sign for carpel tunnel wrists inward? | Platens |
Osteoarthritis is not painful? | False |
What labs are used to detect osteoarthritis? | None |
Rheumatoid Arthritis is not painful? | True |
What helps elimates pain with Rheumatoid Arthritis? | Use helps |
What lab test is done to determine Rheumatoid Arthritis? | RF; C-reactive protein;ESR |
What drug is used for Rheumatoid Arthritis? | Methotrexate |
Does Rheumatoid Arthritis affect unilaterally or bilaterally? | Bilaterally |
What is Scleroderma? | Hard Skin |
Can Scleroderma affect other organs? | Yes |
What does Crest stand for in Scleroderma? | Calcinoisis;Raynaud's phenomenon; Esophageal hardening; sclerodactyly; telangietasias |
what medication would you use for Fibromyalgia for muscle pain? | Neurotin |
What is Lupus? | Inflammation throughout the whole body. |
What disease would you find butterfly rash? | Lupus |
What lab would you use to dx Lupus? | Anti SM |
What disease forms urate crystals? | Gout |
What type of diet do you want to be on for GOUT? | No Purine |
What medication works for both HTN and GOUT? | Cozaar |