Assignment
I. What are the consequences of ischemia?
II. What is the difference between vasogenic and cytotoxic edema in the brain?
III. What is the difference between focal ischemia and global ischemia; how might each develop?
IV. What is the difference between noncommunicating and communicating hydrocephalus; why do you see an increase in intracranial pressure in adults with hydrocephalus but not babies?
V. What are some s/s and treatments for hydrocephalus?
VI. What is meant by a countercoup brain injury?
VII. What is the difference between a primary vs. secondary brain injury?
VIII. What is the difference between a contusion and a concussion?
IX. What is post-concussion syndrome?
X. What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy?
XI. What is a diffuse axonal injury?
XII. What are the 3 layers of the meninges?
XIII. What is meant by an epidural hematoma, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hematoma?
XIV. What is the difference between a TIA and a CVA?
XV. Why do different patients present with different s/s of a TIA?
XVI. When it comes to the ABCD2, what is it used for/why is this type of assessment useful?
XVII. Name the 2 types of ischemic strokes.
XVIII. Explain the Pathophysiology of a hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke in terms of cause, onset increase in intracranial pressure, and effects.
XIX. What are some s/s and treatments of a stroke?
XX. What is an A-V malformation and some s/s?
XXI. What is meningitis, its possible causes, and s/s?
XXII. Which is the most common type of brain tumor, which is the most aggressive and therefore has the worst prognosis ?
XXIII. What is the difference between a focal seizure and a global seizure?
XXIV. What is the difference between a provoked vs an unprovoked seizure?
XXV. What determines if a patient with a focal seizure will lose consciousness?
XXVI. What are the characteristics of the following seizures (i) Tonic (ii) Clonic (iii)Tonic-clonic (iv) Myoclonic (e) Atonic.
XXVII. What are some possible treatments for seizures?
XXVIII. What is dementia?
XXIX. What are the causes and s/s of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia?
XXX. What are the 3 stages of Alzheimer's disease, and characteristics of each stage?
XXXI. What is Huntington's chorea?
XXXII. What is Wernicke-Korsak off syndrome?