Cranial Nerves
responsible for most eye movement, pupil constriction, and upper eyelid elevation.
CN III-Oculomotor
fatal and progressive destruction of motor neurons
ALS
Where should painful procedures be performed?
outside of the room
osmotic diuretic used to decrease cerebral edema and reduce intracranial pressure following a brain injury
Mannitol
Type of TBI where axons are sheared from rapid shifting of the brain inside the skull
responsible for down and inward eye movement
CN IV-Trochlear
acute autoimmune attack on the myelin of peripheral and some cranial nerves
Guillian-Barre Syndrome
Heart rate of 98
What is bradycardia?
opioids and sedatives should be used in a brain injury patient when
Only when needed for mechanical ventilation or to prevent shivering d/t hyper/hypothermia
Double ringed pattern of blood and CSF that has dripped from ear or nose
Halo Sign
responsible for salivating, taste and swallowing
CN IX-Glossopharyngeal
Symptoms are drooping of one eyelid, difficulty speaking and swallowing. The symptoms improve with rest.
Myasthenia Gravis
important lab value to monitor in CF pts
blood glucose
dehydration secondary to significant diuresis, hyponatremia, hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, pulmonary and peripheral edema, heart failure due to large water shift into plasma
Adverse effects of mannitol
Earliest clinical finding of a basilar injury
Hemotympanum- blood pools behind tympanic membrane, causes purple appearance
responsible for lateral eye movement
CN VI-Abducent
The first and second most common progressive neurological diseases in the U.S.
1-Alzheimer's
2-Parkinson's
clubbing, cyanosis, dyspnea, acidosis, polycythemia
S&S of chronic hypoxia
Synthetic protein which closely resembles myelin, and seems to reduce the immune system’s damage to the actual myelin sheaths of nerve cells.
Glatiramer
cause of headache, confusion, vomiting, slurred speech and coma that can appear a week after head injury
subdural intracranial bleeding
responsible for swallowing, gag reflex, talking, sensations of throat etc.
CN X- Vagus
types include relapsing/remitting, primary progressive, and secondary progressive
Multiple Sclerosis
CF pts should get this for RSV
palivizumab
dornase alfa
Sudden, severe hypertensive crisis caused by a noxious stimulus below the damaged area of the cord
Autonomic dysreflexia