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What is the term for loss of consciousness?
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Syncope
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What is the term for having half your body paralyzed?
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Hemiplegia
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What is the term for experiencing weakness in half your body?
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Hemiparesis
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Why is neurology considered the most "pure" of specialties?
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A neurologist can usually tell what's going on JUST from the physical exam, before using diagnostics.
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What is the main goal of the neuro history?
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Localization!
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What is an example of a high localizing value?
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Aphasia
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What is an example of a medium localizing value?
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Dysarthria
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What is an example of a low localizing value?
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Confusion
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A&O x 4 means what?
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Alert and oriented to person, place, time and situation.
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What is the term for someone waking up to voice commands, answering appropriately, and COULD wake up.
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Somnolence
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What is the term for when someone awakens to verbal and tactile cues, answers appropriately but cannot maintain alertness?
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Lethargy
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What is the term for when someone won't wake up to verbal cues, and they respond to noxious stimuli only (rubbing sternum), somewhat appropriately (try to push your hand away), but can't verbalize or initiate cognition?
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Stupor
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What is the term for when someone wakes to noxious stimuli (rubbing sternum) but gives an inappropriate response (push chest closer).
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Obtunded
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At what level of consciousness do you intubate someone?
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Obtunded or below (coma, vegetative state)
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T/F
Cognitive abilities are determined by psych only. |
False!
They are predominately psych, but can be neuro. |
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Affect = (weather/climate)
Mood = (weather/climate) |
Affect = climate
Mood = weather |
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Withdrawal from what can cause vivid visual hallucinations?
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Alcohol
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When someone doesn't seem to have any emotion, this is called what?
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Flat or blunted
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What is the term for a deficit in the muscles of speech, generally in the mouth? Can be a cranial nerve problem but probably not the brain.
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Dysarthria
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What is the most common example of dysphonia (can't make sound)?
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Laryngitis (can speak but it's a whisper)
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Aphasia can be one of 2 different types.. what are they?
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Receptive or expressive
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What is the term for the patient repeating everything you say?
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Echolalia
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What is the term for someone who keeps talking and never gets to the point?
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Circumlocutions
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What do you do with someone with circumlocution?
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Ask them to define dictionary terms to see if they can answer it
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What is a general difference between someone with expressive aphasia and mutism?
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Usually people with expressive aphasia TRY to speak to you, mutes do not.
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What is the term for the ability to recognize an object? can be visual or tactile
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Gnosis
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Agnosia is failure to what?
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Recognize common everyday items
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Agnosia occurs with lesions where?
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Nondominant (usually right) parietal lobe
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What is the term for when patients cannot recognize parts of their own body?
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Autotopagnosia
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What is the term for the ability to do common actions (motor function, must repeat what you just asked).
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Praxis
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What is the term for when people can't touch their nose with their finger?
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Dysmetria
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Posturing/tics are generally voluntary. |
False!
Generally involuntary |
