Patho
I am a disease with decreased levels of dopamine resulting from degeneration of dopamine storage cells
Parkinson's Disease
How often are fentanyl patches changed
48-72 hours
Ask to swallow and test gag reflex with a tongue depressor, is testing which two cranial nerves?
IX: glossopharyngeal
X: vagus
Inability to coordinate muscle movements, resulting in difficulty in walking, talking, and performing self care activities
Ataxia
A weakening or bulge in an arterial wall
Aneurysm
I am an electrical disturbance in the nerve cells in one section of the brain.
Seizure
What classification of meds is used for the treatment of glaucoma?
Cholinergics
Placing a coin in a client's hand and ask to identify the object. What are you testing the client for? (medical term)
Agnosia
Loss of ability to recognize objects through a particular sensory system
Agnosia
Inability to perform previously learned purposeful motor acts on a voluntary basis
Apraxia
Which disease includes loss of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord and motor nuclei of the lower brain stem?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
What medication needs to be available during a tensilon test?
Atropine
Observing for facial movement symmetry, such as a smile, is assessing which cranial nerve?
VII - Facial
Test for cerebellar dysfunction that can be done with the patient seated or standing; inability to maintain position for 20 seconds is a positive test
Romberg Test
I am a type of ischemic stroke caused by atherosclerotic plaques in the large blood vessels of the brain
Large artery thrombotic strokes
I am a disease that involves premature death of cells in the striatum
Huntington Disease
What assessment finding indicates that pyridostigmine bromide is effective?
Increased muscle strength
What causes paroxysms in trigeminal neuralgia?
Stimulation to affected nerve branches (washing face, shaving, brushing teeth, etc.)
The brain's attempt to restore blood flow by increasing arterial pressure to overcome the increased intracranial pressure
Cushing's response
Blindness of half of the field of vision in one or both eyes
Hemianopsia
I am a hyperexcitable brain that is susceptible to a phenomenon known as cortical spreading depression, a wave of depolarization over the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and hippocampus.
Migraine/HA
I am an anticonvulsant medication whose toxic effects include severe skin reaction, peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, drowsiness, blood dyscrasias
Phenytoin
Brainstem ischemia is a disorder of which cranial nerve?
VI - Abducens Nerve
Surgical approach to the pituitary via the sphenoid sinuses
Transsphenoidal
An area of low cerebral blood flow
penumbra region