Neuro Chapter 3

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What is one of the first lab tests ordered for patients with probable strokes?

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CT scans--because treatment for hemorrhagic strokes is different from treatment of ischemic strokes (blood thinners)

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Some things to remember when interviewing a patient?

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Do your homework, sit down during the interview, Get the patient's story, treat the patient as an adult who deserves respect, include family members or sigs in the interview

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___________ provide a general description of a patient's performance in a variety of tasks and at various levels of difficulty within tasks

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Generic test batteries

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_______ sometimes function as screening devices because they are good at detecting impairments but not at specifying the exact nature or severity of the impairments

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Generic test battery

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What is it called when you go beyond standard procedures for a patient's deficits (like allowing a patient who fails a spelling test to spell the words orally)

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testing the limits

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How well the content of the test represents the domain of concern

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Content validity

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How well the content of a test represents an underlying theory, model, or concept of a process or structure

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construct validity

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patients in the early stages of disease are identified and selected characteristics of the patients are assessed at the beginning of the study. The patients are then followed to determine outcome.

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Prospective prognostic studies

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The records of a group of patients who have reached the outcome stage are reviewed to evaluate the relationships b/t various prognostic variables and outcome

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Retrospective prognostic studies

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Medical conditions or physical findings that do not directly affect cognition or communication but have indirect effects on the magnitude of a patient's impairments and may compromise recovery

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Associated conditions

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A test battery is administered and a profile of the patient's performance is developed

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Patient profile approach

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MTDDA

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Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia--an example of a patient profile approach (gives prognosis for each group based on previously studied patients)

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Makes predictions based on previously studied patients, but uses statistical analyses

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Statistical prediction approach

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Efficacy

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the effects of treatment under carefully controlled conditions (measurable change in a patient characteristic as a result of tx)

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Effectiveness

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the effects of treatment given in routine clinical practice (does it work in the real world?)

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Functional

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affecting the patient's daily life competence or well being

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ICIDH

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International Classification of Impairment, Disability, and Handicap--system for coding aspects of disability based on a conceptual model of disablement

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Impairment

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structural or functional abnormality

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Disability

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effects of an impairment on skill or ability. Aphasia is a disability caused by brain injury

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Handicap

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effects of one or more disabilities on a person's ability to carry out daily life roles