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| exaggerated sympathetic nervous system response resulting from a spinal cord injury above T6. Characteristics include severe hypertension, slow heart rate, pounding headache, nausea, blurred vision, flushed skin, sweating, goose bumps, nasal stuffiness, & anxiety |
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| increased intracranial pressure |
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| the cranium is made up of brain tissue, blood, and cerebral spinal fluid. If one or more if these increases significantly without a decrease in either of the other two, ICP becomes elevated |
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| 3 signs associated with an increase in intracranial pressure, which include: pulse increase initially but then decreases, systolic BP rises, & pulse pressure widens |
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| Cheyne-Stokes respirations |
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| pattern of respirations in which shallow, rapid breathing is followed by a period of apnea |
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| pain & stiffness of the neck & inability to place chin on chest |
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| inability to extend the leg when the thigh is flexed on the abdomen |
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| assessment finding in which flexion of the neck produces flexion of the knees & hips |
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| uncontrollable oscillating movements of the eyeball |
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| clusters of Parkinson-like symptoms that develop from several etiologies |
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| slowness in performing spontaneous movements |
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| position in which the arms are flexed & the fists are clenched, & the legs extended following neurologic trauma |
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| position in which the extremities are stiff & ridgid following neurologic trauma |
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| Movement disorders associated with certain orescribes drugs |
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| uncontrollable writhing & twisting of the body |
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| loss of sympathetic reflex activity below the level of injury within 30-60 minutes of a spinal injury |
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| sensation of numbness & tingling |
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| absence/petit mal seizure |
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| seizures which last a few seconds and are characterized by a brief loss of consciousness during physical activity |
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| electrical activity only remains in part of the brain cuasing the pt to seize. may evebtually lead to generalized seizures |
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| tonic clonic/grand mal seizure |
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| characterized by a sequence of events that starts with a precictal phase (feeling of vauge emotional changes before seizure occurs). this phase can last for hours or minutes and is followed by an aura(odor or smell) that occurs right before the seizure occurs. |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| paralysis of all the extremities when there is a high cervical spine injury |
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| neurologic impairment of a person’s ability to speak |
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| neurological impairment of a person’s ability to understand spoken & written language |
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| surrounds the brain and spinal tissue and acts as a cushion to protect them |
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| transient ischemic attack |
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| sudden, brief fleeting attacks of neurologic impairment caused by a temporary interruption in cerebral blood flow |
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| stretching & bulging of an arterial wall, usually caused by weakening of the vessel |
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| injury resulting from a blow to the head that jars the brain & results in diffuse & microscopic injury to it |
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| soft tissue injury resulting from a blow or blunt trauma; injury to the head that leads to gross structural injury to the brain & results in bruising & sometimes hemorrhage of superficial cerebral tissue |
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| bleeding in the skull that forms an expanding lesion |
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| injury to the head in which the scalp, bony cranium, & dura mater are exposed |
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| injury in the head in which an intact layer of the scalp covers the fractured skull |
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| the patient is aroused by only vigorous and continuous stimulation with manipulation or strong auditory or visual stimuli. May cause the patient to say one or two words |
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| the patient is unresponsive except to mild painful stimuli which causes the patient to move or groan & mutter |
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| condition in which both eyes are blackened AKA “raccoon eyes” |
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| blood strain surrounded by a yellowish stain, highly suggests a cerebrospinal fluid leak |
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| the patient is drowsy or sleepy at times when it is inappropriate but can be aroused only to fall asleep again. patient responds slowly to questions and speaks incoherently, but is able to respond appropriately to painful stimuli |
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