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| What are the ventricles filled with? |
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| cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) |
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| Cerebral spinal fluid contains what? |
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| Small amounts of protein,glucose, lactic acid, and potassium. mostly sodium chloride |
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| supports and cushions the brain and provides stabilization for the central nervous system, it also filters the waste products of metabolism and other substances that diffuse into the brain from the blood. |
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| where is the CSF produced? |
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| What reabsorbs the CSF in the dural sinuses? |
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| What is the purpose or need for the CFS to be reabsorbed? |
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| The brain needs a constant CFS pressure |
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| What test are preformed to diagnose? |
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| CT scan, ventriculography, ventriuloscopy |
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| Why would you need scales in the room? |
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| Weigh the sponges for fluid loss |
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| Why would you need to prep from the head to the stomach? |
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| children can out grow and may need a revision. infection |
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| Why would this case be considered a Clean contaminated? class II? |
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Definition
| stomach/ bowel placement of the shunt |
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| What could cause childhood hydrocephalus? |
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Definition
| Meningitis, tumors, hemorrhage, or aqueductal stenosis |
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| What can cause adult hydrocephalus? |
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Definition
| obstructive tumors, meningitis, or hemorrage |
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| noncommunicating hydrocephalus |
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Definition
| when to much CFS is produced |
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| communicating hydrocephalus |
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Definition
| improper absorption of CFS by the arachnoid villi |
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| obstructive hydrocephalus |
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Definition
| can result from a congenital tumor, or hemorrhage at the foramen of monro, aqueduct of sylvius, or the canal exit from the fourth ventricle |
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