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NUR 228 - SEIZURES EXAM QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS
A seizure is an aberrant electrical activity in nerve/muscle cells of the brain cortex.
It can be brief or prolonged.
T/F: Primary seizures are idiopathic
true
What are the causes of secondary seizures?
Chemical imbalances (drugs, low electrolytes or sugar, low oxygen, renal or liver
failure)
-brain injury (TBI, stroke)
SATA: the causes of seizures in children.
a) Birth trauma.
b) stimulant medications.
C) Infection
d) Congenital abnormalities.
e) Head traumas.
f) elevated fevers
g) Brain tumors.
a, c, d, f
,SATA: causes of seizures in the middle years.
a) Head injuries.
c) Brain tumours.
C) Infections
d) Alcohol.
e) stimulant medications.
f) elevated fevers
g) pharmaceutical side effects.
A, C, D, E, and G.
SATA: causes of seizures among the elderly
a) infections.
b) Strokes
c) Alcohol.
d) Medical side effects
f) Brain tumours.
b, e
What is epilepsy?
, a syndrome characterized by recurring, paroxysmal seizures (recurrent seizures
with no evidence of reversible metabolic etiology).
Seizure pathogenesis
A collection of aberrant neurons that spontaneously fire.
What process or test detects aberrant brain activity during a seizure?
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Clinical signs of epilepsy:
-Changed sensations and perceptions
- aberrant muscular motions.
- disturbed consciousness.
Generalized seizures affect (either one or both) sides of the brain.
Both sides
T/F: Most generalized seizures cause the patient to lose consciousness.
true
Partial seizures are induced by ______ irritations.
focal
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