NU410 Exam 3 Study Guide with
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Incomplete SCI - Ans:-- Some function remaining below primary site of injury
- Motor and sensory are partially interrupted with vlibre franklinble loss of function below level of injury
- Degree of sensory and motor loss varies on level and refle...
Spinal Shock - Ans:✔✔-- Spinal cord's response to inflammation caused by the SCI (secondary injury)
- A sudden loss of reflex activity below level of spinal injury
- Muscular flaccidity, lack of sensation and reflexes
- Client can have hypotension and bradycardia
- Reflexes that initial bowel and bladder function affected, bowel distension and paralytic ileus occur
Spinal Shock Care - Ans:✔✔-- Keeping mean arterial pressure at least 85 mm Hg can prevent further
damage to spinal cord
- NG tube
- Control of hypotension & bradycardia w/meds
Neurogenic Shock - Ans:✔✔-- Caused by loss of function of autonomic nervous system
- Loss of communication with sympathetic nervous system cause bradycardia, hypotension, dependent
edema, loss of temperature regulation
- Massive venous pooling occurs because of peripheral vasodilation (distributive shock)
- Paralyzed portions of body do not perspire
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