Head Trauma from ACRONYMS
The two categories of TBIs
Blunt and Penetrating
The more proper name for a stroke
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
Seizures are characterized as sudde, explosive disorderly discharge of these
Cerebral neurons
This disorder starts as an infection in the body and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Symptoms include fever, chills, petechial rash and neck stiffness
Meningitis
This type of tumor arises from astrocytes and is relatively slow growing
Astrocytoma
Head injuries are commonly Dx by these two acronym screening techniques
CT and MRI
The time within Tx for stroke needs to be initiated
6 hours
When someone has multiple seizures without regaining conciousness or has one seizure lasting >30 minutes it is called t his
Status epilepticus
This commonly abbreviated condition is known as a demyelinating disease
Multiple sclerosis
This type of tumor comes from more mature glial cells and it very rapidly growing
Glioblastoma multiforme
This head injury, abbreviated by drake to EH, would be Dx with CT or MRI and results in LOC
Epidural Hematomas
This type of stroke involves fragments of thrombi from outside the brain
Embolic stroke
The time period immediately following a seizure is called this
Post-ictal state
This degenerative disease affects the dopamine pathway in the substantia nigra
Parkinson Disease
This type of secreting tumor comes from pituitary cells
Pituitary adenoma
Glasgow Coma Scale
This kind of CVA is caused by hypertension, ruptured aneurysms, bleeding disorders and more
Seizure disorders of this type are characterized by bilaterial neuron involvement originating from subcortical or deeper brain focus
Generalized seizures
This chronic autoimmune disease is mediated by anti-acetycholine receptor antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis
This type of brain tumor comes from arachnoid cells
Meningioma
A severe one of these, abbreviated to DAI, is characterized by GCS<8, LOC >24 hours, and increased ICP
Diffuse axonal injury
This type of CVA with TWO NAMES is caused by arterial occlusions, tend to be progressive over hours or days and are made more likely by conditions causing inadequate cerebral perfusion
Ischemic/Thrombotic
The early manifestation that can occur hours to days before a seizure is called this
Prodoma
This acquired inflammatory disease results in demyelination of peripheral nerves, and is almost always preceded by viral illness. Begins with leg paralysis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
This type of tumor comes from Schwann cells, has something to do with the nerve sheath
Neurofibroma
(bonus points if you tell me about the nerve sheath)