Paresis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Describe the compensated trendelenburg gait that occurs with hip pain - ANS -Compensated trendelenburg gait shifts GRFV *through* the painful hip joint to *stabilize* the joint and *decrease* torque -Without compensation, aBductor muscles have to contract against aDuction moment, which causes *compression* at hip joint ___% of people with Parkinson's disease have difficulty walking within 3 years of diagnosis - ANS *85%* of people with Parkinson's disease have difficulty walking within 3...

1 VETERINARY NURSING II - EXAM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ How can you diagnose a cardiovascular disease? - History (previous heart mumur, signalment) - Radiographs - ECG - Echocardiogram - Troponin Test: biomarker I and T (proteins in the heart muscle) - helpful with myocardial injuries What are common signs of cardiovascular emergencies? - death - cyanosis (blue gums) - Dyspnea (trouble breathing) - Collapse - Hind limb paresis (saddle thrombus) - Syncope - fainti...

What is the causative agent of fowl cholera? - Pasteurella multocida What clinical signs are associated with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyPP) in horses? - Prolapse 3rd eyelid, muscle fasciculations, episodes lasting 15-90 min. What clinical signs are associated with ryegrass staggers in horses? - Tremors, incoordination, collapse What clinical signs are assoc. with equine degenerative myelopathy (EDM)? - Ataxia in foals 6-8 mos Is epilepsy common in horses? - No, it is poorly docume...

Paralysis - ANSWER-A loss of muscle function of one or more muscle groups. Often a result of trauma to the brain or spinal cord, but other major causes include tumors, vascular insult, motor neuron or demyelinating diseases, inflammation and infection. Can be temporary, intermittent, progressive or permanent. Paresis - ANSWER-Incomplete or partial paralysis. Monoplegia/monoparesis - ANSWER-Paralysis or paresis of a single limb. Diplegia - ANSWER-Paralysis that is bilateral, usually affe...

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Paralysis - ANSWER-A loss of muscle function of one or more muscle groups. Often a result of trauma to the brain or spinal cord, but other major causes include tumors, vascular insult, motor neuron or demyelinating diseases, inflammation and infection. Can be temporary, intermittent, progressive or permanent. Paresis - ANSWER-Incomplete or partial paralysis. Monoplegia/monoparesis - ANSWER-Paralysis or paresis of a single limb. Diplegia - ANSWER-Paralysis that is bilateral, usually affe...

You perform an abdominal ultrasound to evaluate a Yorkshire Terrier with a suspected liver shunt. After finding the shunt vessel, you complete the ultrasound and find several calculi in the bladder. What is the most likely type of stone? Cysteine Struvite Urate Xanthine correct answers The correct answer is urate. Animals with portosystemic shunts are very predisposed to developing urate uroliths due to their inability to metabolize purines appropriately. A 2-year old male castrated Bor...

Paralysis -a loss of muscle function of one or more muscle groups -incomplete or partial paralysis -paresis is not a disease in itself but rather a symptom of damage to motor nerves as a result of either a disease process or injury Causes of paralysis trauma to the brain or spinal cord, tumors, vascular insult, motor neuron or demyelinating diseases, inflammation, and infection Certain terms are often used when describing paralysis of specific areas of the body: monoplegia/monoparesis ...

Bovine Lymphosarcoma correct answers -*CNS*: [plegia, paresis, head tilt, facial paralysis, dysphagia] -*GI*: [free gas bloat, melena, thickened rectum] -*LN's*: [lymphadenopathy, exophthalmos, weight loss] -*Heart*: [collapse, CHF, jugular pulse, tachycardia, subQ edema] Bovine LSA: Dx & Tx correct answers -LN biopsy -ELISA: positive antbs to BLV -PCR -Tx: None (D-penicillamine is questionable) Bovine LSA: Pearls correct answers -Prognosis: Grave -Do NOT pass slaughter inspecti...

Administration of Tirilazad Mesylate ? - Administered for 48 Hours. Post- Injury is a vasopressor agent (Vaso Constrictor). Maintains mean arterial pressure to improve perfusion to spinal cord. After a seizure conduct a post octal exam - Ask questions to help pinpoint where brain miscue occurred check if patient recognizes objects ( hold pen and ask what it is for) As where they are and what day of week it is. as patient to say their name, snap fingers and touch their nose ask patient to...