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What are the two types of seizure disorders in children.
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Partial and Generalized
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What are important nursing interventions for child with seizures?
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1. Stay with child
2. Maintain airway 3. Give them space 4. Call ambulance if they stop breathing, injury happens, child is a diabetic, child goes into status epilepticus, child is unresponsive to pain, or if child is having their first seizure. 5. Time from the start to the end 6. Do follow-up with parents and family 7. Give diastat rectally if ordered 8. Parent education is important. |
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What is hydrocephalis?
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An increased amount of CSF.
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How is hydrocephalus treated?
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By placing a VP shunt in the patient. It is placed in the ventricle and passes the CSF to the peritoneal cavity, atrium of heart, or pleural spaces.
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What are signs of shunt infection?
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Changes in responsiveness and irritability after fever. Other signs include low grade fever, malaise, HA, nausea.
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What is the predominant manifestation of hydrocephalus?
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rapid head growth
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