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Patho

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show the skull and CSF  
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show metabolic stablilty  
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show blood-brain barrier and autoregulatory mechanisms  
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decreased O2 with maintained blood flow...the interruption in the delivery of O2   show
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show ischemia  
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show focal ischemia  
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entire brain; no collateral   show
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show 2-4 minutes  
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show 4-5 minutes  
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excess ___ in the tissue leads to edema   show
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show Na, K, Ca  
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increase in tissue colume do to fluid accumulation   show
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two types of cerebral edema   show
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results from an increase in extracellular fluid surrounding the brain cells   show
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vasogenic cerebral edema may cause damage which may impairs the ____   show
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vasogenic cerebral edema mainly occurs in ___   show
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show cytotoxic cerebral edema  
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cytotoxic cerebral edema mainly occurs in ___   show
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show > intracranial pressure  
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show Monro-Kellie Hypothesis  
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monro-kellie hyopthesis is controlled by ____   show
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cerebral arterioles change diameter to maintain bl flow when ICP increases   show
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in the monro-kellie hypothesis ___ is unable to compensate, but the ___ is able to compensate to a limit   show
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show ischemia and hypercapnia  
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show elevates systolic blood pressure (SBP), wide pulse pressure, and bradycardia  
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show herniation  
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show brain death  
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show death  
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show decorticate  
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show decerebrate  
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show HA, N/V, and pupillary changes  
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seen in head injuries...pupils will constrict and get big, then little, big then little...etc   show
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show to try to drain some of the fluid (30-60 degree angle)  
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show tranumatic head and brain injury  
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show skull fx  
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show depressed skull fx  
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area of impact in a head injury   show
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show counter-coup  
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show a spinal or twisting neck injury  
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show coup  
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deceleration and backward movement is the -___   show
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momentary interruption of brain function with or without loss of consciousness   show
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concussions usually recover within ___   show
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primary injury with diffuse microscopic damage to axons in the cerebral hemisphere, corpus callosum, and brain stem; ofter leads to dementia and persistent vegetative state   show
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bruise to the cortical surface of the brain caused by blunt head trauma   show
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show the nercrotic tissue is phagocytized leaving scar tissue  
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show hematoma  
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hematoma that develops between the skull and the dura   show
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show epidural hematoma  
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2 types of hematomas   show
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show epidural hematoma  
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epidural hematoma are more common in the ___, why?   show
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hematoma that develops between the dura and the arachnoid   show
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show subdural hematoma  
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show subdural hematoma develops slower then the epidural hematoma  
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3 types of subdural hematomas   show
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show acute  
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show subacute  
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show chronic  
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show front to back or top to bottom  
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global brain injuries develop _____   show
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show cerebral hemispheres and the reticular activating system  
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show cerebral cortex  
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show reticular activating system  
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what does the reticular activating system include (^)   show
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a change in levels of consciousness indicated a px with the ____   show
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Reticular Activating System has a part in ___ and ___   show
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show LOC- levels of consciousness  
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show LOC= continum  
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show inattention, mild confusion, disorentation, blunted affect (flat emotions)  
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show global brain injury  
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irreversible loss of brain function   show
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show after all other px are ruled out and their is No EEG activity 2x...6 hours apart  
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show persistent vegetative state  
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show persistent vegetative state  
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what determines being in a persistene vegetative state?   show
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show hypothalamic and brainstem function  
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acute focal neurological deficit from a vascular disorder that injuries brain tissue   show
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leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the US   show
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show stroke  
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what is the most common cause of strokes?   show
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show ischemic stroke  
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local interruption of bl flow caused by thrombus or emboil   show
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most fatal stroke   show
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stroke that is often in the eldery and often affects the cortex causing aphasia, hemineglect syndrome, viusl defects, or blindness...occurs with rest or activity and is associated with other atherosclerotic changes   show
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large vessel (thrombotic) iscemic strokes often affect the CORTEX causing ___, ____, ____, and/or _____   show
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show large vessels  
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located in the deeper, noncortical parts of the brain or in the brain stem and will not be picked up by a CT   show
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show lacunar syndrome (small vessel stroke)  
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show cardiogenic embolic ischemic stroke  
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where do most cardiogenic embolic strokes originate?   show
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show hemorrhagic strokes  
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who is at highest risk for a hemorragic stroke   show
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show TIA- Transient Ischemic Attach  
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show TIA- Transient Ischemic Attach  
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show TIA- Transient Ischemic Attach  
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what are signs of a one-sided acute stroke   show
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___ strokes are sudden and focal with one sided effects and cause: aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, and ataxia   show
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why is it important to figure out what type of stroke occured in order to tx a pt   show
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show berry  
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what causes an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage to rupture?   show
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show head ache  
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show arteriovenous malformation  
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lacks a capillary bed   show
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show congenital disorder  
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show meningitis  
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meningitis crosses ____   show
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show blood stream  
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the bacteria in meningitis releases a ___ that initiates the ____   show
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show thrombophebitis  
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due to the damage of the endothelial cell of the blood brain barrier, fluid, pathogens, neutrophils, and albumin move across capillary membrane into CFS resulting in purulent CSF   show
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main s/s of meningitis are ___, ___, ___, and ____   show
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because the meningis are inflammed ____ and ____ signs are present   show
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show cloudy, purulent, > protein, < glucose, and has presence of bacteria  
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show viral meningitis  
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show encephalitis  
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transmission of encephalitis is ___, ___, ___   show
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local necrotizing hemorrhage that spreads; edema; degeneration of the nerve cells   show
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s/s of encephalitis   show
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totall weakness and loss of reflexes   show
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