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| absence/ petit mal seizure |
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Definition
| tonic- clonic activity w/loss of consiousness loss of bladder |
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| arteriovenous malformation (AVM) |
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Definition
| The result is a collection of blood vessels with abnormal connections and no capillaries. This collection, often called a nidus, can be extremely fragile and prone to bleeding. |
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| pain stimuli-> sympathetic activity--> HTN--> PNS tries to decrease BP by decrease HR and causing vasodilation. PNS impulses unable to reach vessels below injury--> increase HTN--> bradycardia (vicious circle) |
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| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) |
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Definition
| (1) ischemic stroke: r/t thrombosis/ emboli in athrosclerosic vessels |
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| . A stroke affecting the right side of the brain may cause contralateral paralysis, affecting the left arm and leg. |
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| simultaneous onset in both heispheres ___ 2 types: 1) minor motor 2) major motor |
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| bleeding into brain tissue, usually r/t rupture of a blood vessels ( increase ICP) |
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| r/t thrombosis/ emboli in athrosclerosis vessels |
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Term
| major motor/ grand mal seizures |
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Definition
| tonic- clonic activity with loss consiousness loss of bladder (time frame: 60-90 seconds) |
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| affect the lower quadrants of the body |
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| begins in specific area of one hemisphere (focal onset) can spread; (1) simple partial/ focal (2) complex partial/ temporal lobe/ psychmotor (3) secondarily generalized partial |
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| altered therom-regulation (r/t loss of autonomic control over mechanisms that regulate temperature |
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| all 4 external sites are no longer working due to spinal cord injury |
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| pain percieved at a site different from its point of origin but that is innervated by the same spinal cord segment |
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Term
| seizure disorders/ epileptic syndrome |
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Definition
| (unprovokes/ primary/ idiopathic seizures)- recurrent seizure activity w/o evidence of a reversible metabolic cause |
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| transient ischemic attack |
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Definition
| TIA - similar to the ischemic stroke but deficits last for < 24 hrs; (s/s)- similarr to ischemic stroke but goes away |
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