Focal seizures - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR507/ NR 507 Final Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Advanced Pathophysiology | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A – Chamberlain Q: Ketogenic diet Produces energy other than glucose to be used by the brain Q: Nerve stimulation Answer: Controls the seizure by influencing neurotransmitter release Q: An individual having a focal seizure without dyscognitive features will _______ Answer: have no impairment of consciousness ...

What level of constant voltage is likely to cause asystole? >2 A mps The most common of all epileptic manifestations and likely to occur in 3-4 % of all healthy children? Benign Febrile Convulsions Stroke is the number 1, leading cause of death in the US? False- it is 3rd Continuous monitoring of EEG in the ICU had become more common due to: *Ability to review EEG data via networking *Digital Video and EEG *Advances in Computer memory storate Has a mortality ...

NCA 623 Exam 2 Quiz Questions With Verified Solutions. T/F: Absence nonmotor seizures are a form of generalized seizure and have no post-ictal state. - answerTrue Simple last < 10 seconds Complex last < 20 seconds and involve automatisms T/F: Tonic-clonic seizures are a generalized onset motor seizure with no loss of consciousness and no postictal state. - answerFalse Generalized with or without motor symptoms with +LOC and + postictal state T/F: Petit-mal absence seizures have a ...

Which drug is used to treat patients with focal epilepsy and complex partial seizures? - Answer Carbamazepine A patient reports paroxysms of burning, shock-like pain on both sides of the face usually triggered by chewing or talking. The provider suspects trigeminal neuralgia. Based on these presenting symptoms, what testing is indicated? - Answer Magnetic resonance imaging

A nurse is caring for a client who has MS. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? 1. Hypoactive DTR 2. ascending paralysis 3. intention tremors 4. increased lacrimation (Ans- 3 A nurse is assessing a client who has a seizure disorder. The client reports he thinks he is about to have a seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement? Select all that apply. 1. provide safety 2. ease the patient to the floor if standing 3. move furniture away from th...

When examining the skin, multiple areas of circumscribed elevations of the skin filled with serous fluid measuring approximately 0.5cm were noted. These types of lesions can be seen in . Herpes simplex or varicella the principal muscles involved when closing the mouth are innervated by which cranial nerve? . Cranial nerve V (Trigeminal) Muscles innervated by cranial nerve V (Trigeminal) Principal muscles involved in closing the mouth Structure that creates a channel for the vertebral arter...

Step 2 CK NBME 8How does hypernatremia present? - correct answer thirst oliguria or polyuria mental status changes weakness focal neurologic deficits seizures "doughy" skin and signs of volume depletion What are the causes of hypernatremia? - correct answer 6Ds - diuresis - dehydration - diabetes inspidus - docs (iatrogenic) - diarrhea - disease (kidney, sickle cell) How is hypernatremia tx? - correct answer Treat underlying causes and replace free-water deficit w/ hypoton...

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Which of the following drugs prevents seizure by inhibiting the neurotransmitter glutamate in the brain? a. zonisamide b. lamotrigine c. tiagabine d. vigabatrin - correct answer b. lamotrigine Which of the following drugs is used for multiple sclerosis and comes in an oral dosage form? a. Novantrone b. Gilenya c. Betaseron d. Avonex - correct answer b. Gilenya Which of the following drugs is used to treat neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in addition to focal seizures? a. carbamaz...

childhood cancer prognosis ~ •More than 80% of children cured •Survival rates higher in children under 15 years •Younger are more likely to be enrolled in clinical trials •Survivors have increased risk of cancer later in life •Residual and late effects of treatment •Physical impairments, reproductive dysfunction, soft tissue and bone atrophy, learning disabilities, and secondary cancers •Psychologic sequelae Seizures ~ •Sudden, transient alteration of brain function ca...