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DOC: Levels of consciousness from lowest to highest functioning: |
Coma, vegetative and minimally conscious |
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How long does recovery take when someone has a DOC |
Weeks, months, years or longer |
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How do arousal and awareness pertain to DOC |
Primary role in determining DOC level |
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How RAS relates to DOC Where is RAS located? |
RAS maintains arousal In the brain |
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Duration of a coma vs duration of vegetative state & minimally conscious |
Coma is 2-4 weeks - vegetative state could persist for months/years - minimally conscious: extended period |
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Prevalence of DOC in the US - out of that number, how many are in a vegetative state and how many are minimally conscious? |
315,000 DOC - minimally conscious 280,000 - vegetative 35,000 |
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2 terms of criteria for emergence from DOC |
Functional communication (verbal or gestural) Functional use of 2 or more objects |
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Dystonia |
Abnormal muscle tone |
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Bedside _______ is the standard for persons with DOC |
Neurobehavioral evaluation |
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________ is the most widely recognized measure to monitor neurobehavioral functioning |
Glasgow Coma Score GCS |
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Goals for persons with DOC are based on responses to ______ |
Stimuli |
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Individuals with TBI surprisingly were about ______ times more likely to die of seizures than others |
37 |
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Late post-traumatic seizures (LPTS) is most often called ____ _______ ______ (interchangeable; another word for seizures) |
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) |
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PTH: acronym & criteria for how many days into post-Injury the symptoms should be noticed by |
Post traumatic headache. Headache that occurs within 14 days of injury |
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Which cranial nerve plays a role in migraine headaches? |
Trigeminal |
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2 common brain injury diseases that result in fatigue |
TBI and MS |
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Primary verses secondary fatigue |
Primary is from injury/disease Secondary includes all others (pain, stress, sleep disturbances) |
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Fatigue may be associated with impaired ________ and __________ (2 cognitive domains) |
Attention and information processing speed |
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How long does fatigue persist in mild, moderate and severe injuries? |
Mild: weeks (typical) Moderate and severe: many years |
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Which type of acquired brain injury/head injury often results in focal lesions? |
Open head injury |
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Another word for open head injury is ____ head injury |
Penetrating |
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Compare females to males with higher rates of TBI related deaths, and age factor |
At any age males have a higher rate of TBI related deaths |
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Which age group has the highest rates of TBI from motor vehicle crashes? Which group has the highest rates of TBI related death from motor vehicle crashes? |
20-24 16-19 |
