Paresis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is abulia? - Answer Lack of will, drive, or initiative for action, speech and thought What is anterior cerebral artery stroke syndrome? - Answer - Contralateral leg paresis - Abulia, disinhibition, executive dysfunction *In some cases, akinetic mutism, if bilateral caudate head infarction What is middle cerebral artery stroke syndrome? - Answer - Contralateral hemiparesis/sensory loss - Homonymous hemianopia - Dysarthria, aphasia, Alexia, agraphia, acalculia, apraxia ...

ACG Clinical Guideline Gastroparesis

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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Course 1- Quiz 2- Surgical Specialties study guide (Answered 100% Correctly) Latest Which of the following allows for the most stable and rigid fixation of a fracture? Select one: a. Locked plating system b. Dynamic compression plating c. Semi-tubular plates d. Placement of a lag screw across the fracture a. Locked plating system During the cementing of components during total joint replacement, a new CRNA who has never worked in orthopedics before begins to panic. A side effect that ...

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...

Causes of paralysis - ANSWER-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: - ANSWER-monoplegia/monoparesis diplegia hemiplegia/hemiparesis paraplegia/paraparesis quadraplegia/tetraplegia and tetraparesis monoplegia/monoparesis - ANSWER-paralysis or paresis of a single limb diplegia - ANSWER-is bilateral, usually af...

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...

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...

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