Cbis exam stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Acquired brain injury (ABI) -ANSWER injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma Traumatic Brain injury -ANSWER an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force Mild brain injury -ANSWER -AKA concussion -brief or no loss of consciousness -its presentation may demonstrate vomiting, lethargy, dizziness, and inability to recall what just happened Moderate brain injury -ANSWER -mark...

Neurocognitive Issues Associated with Frontal Lobe - ANSWER Emotional control, behavioral control, verbal expression, problem solving, decision making, social control, attention, motivation Acquired BI - ANSWER An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital or degenerative or induced by birth trauma TBI - ANSWER An alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology, casused by an external force Mild TBI Characteristics - ANSWER Brief or no loss of consciousn...

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ANSWER injury that occurs after birth and includes injuries caused by external physical forces and those caused by internal insults to the brain Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - ANSWER Alternation to brain function caused by external forces What are the 4 types of acquired brain injury? - ANSWER 1. traumatic impact- open 2. traumatic impact- closed 3. traumatic inertial - DAI 4. non-traumatic injuries coup-countercoup injury - ANSWER with a blow t...

Non-traumatic brain injury - ANSWER Lack of O2, decreased nutrients to cells, exposure to toxins, pressure from tumor or blockage or other neuro disorder ABI Prevalence - ANSWER 2nd most prevalent disability in U. S. * 13.5 million Americans Children & TBI - ANSWER * non-accidental trauma cause of 80% of deaths in children under 2yo * 2/3 of children under 3yo that are abused have TBIs *falls cause 1/2 of TBI in 0-14yo domestic violence - ANSWER 67% of women in domestic violence ...

Attention Process Training (APT) - ANSWER component of a hierarchically organized, process-specific approach to cognitive rehab Categorization Program - ANSWER therapeutic approach aimed at remediation of deficits in both object categorization and decision-making consolidation - ANSWER transfer of short term memory to long term memory sensory memory - ANSWER information held for several seconds after item perception short-term memory - ANSWER available for recall from minutes to ...

Dementia - ANSWER Must be coupled with a functional limitation in everyday life due to the cognitive change PPCS - ANSWER Always includes neuropsychological assessment, psychiatric history, psychological response to previous injuries, available support system, and current coping skills Disorders of consciousness - ANSWER Coma, vegetative, persistent vegetative, minimally conscious MTBI represents - ANSWER 75% of all TBIs in the US MTBI symptoms resolve... - ANSWER Most symptoms ...

degenerative, or induced by birth trauma Traumatic Brain Injury - ANSWERSAn alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force 2 Mechanisms *trauma impact * traumatic inertial forces Non-traumatic brain injury - ANSWERSLack of O2, decreased nutrients to cells, exposure to toxins, pressure from tumor or blockage or other neuro disorder ABI Prevalence - ANSWERS2nd most prevalent disability in U. S. * 13.5 million Americans Children &...

Dementia - ANSWERSMust be coupled with a functional limitation in everyday life due to the cognitive change PPCS - ANSWERSAlways includes neuropsychological assessment, psychiatric history, psychological response to previous injuries, available support system, and current coping skills Disorders of consciousness - ANSWERSComa, vegetative, persistent vegetative, minimally conscious MTBI represents - ANSWERS75% of all TBIs in the US MTBI symptoms resolve... - ANSWERSMost symptoms resol...