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What is the max 15
GCS score?
What is the 3
minimum GCS
score?
What GCS score 8 and under
should you
intubate?
What are the age, drugs, and language
limitations of the
GCS?
,What is normal 5-15 mmHg
intracranial
pressure (ICP)?
What are the change in LOC, change in speech,
signs and change in vital signs, seizures,
symptoms of headache, vomiting, eye changes,
increased ICP? posture changes
What is the first changes in LOC
sign of increased
ICP?
an effect of increased ICP of
What is cushing's
increased systolic BP, decreased
triad?
pulse, and cheyne-stokes respirations
What is Cheyne- it is an abnormal rhythm of breathing
Stokes with alternation periods of
respiration? hyperventilation and apnea
What is Kussmaul deep, rapid breathing often induced
respiration? by acidosis
What condition DKA
does Kussmaul
respirations
commonly occur
with?
, What posture decerebrate, decorticate,or flaccid
changes occurs
with increased
ICP?
What is Extensor response; problem with
decerebrate midbrain or pons
posturing?
What is Flexor response; problem with
decorticate cervical spinal tract or cerebral
posturing? hemisphere
What are the eye papilledema, pupillary changes,
changes that impaired eye movement
occur with
increased ICP?
What is a cerebral edema; can also be caused
common cause by a tumor or meningitis
of increased
brain volume?
loss of auto-regulation, decreased
What causes
oxygenation, hypercapnia, increased
increased blood
metabolic demands, and obstruction
volume?
of venous outflow
Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Save
Terms in this set (122)
What is the max 15
GCS score?
What is the 3
minimum GCS
score?
What GCS score 8 and under
should you
intubate?
What are the age, drugs, and language
limitations of the
GCS?
,What is normal 5-15 mmHg
intracranial
pressure (ICP)?
What are the change in LOC, change in speech,
signs and change in vital signs, seizures,
symptoms of headache, vomiting, eye changes,
increased ICP? posture changes
What is the first changes in LOC
sign of increased
ICP?
an effect of increased ICP of
What is cushing's
increased systolic BP, decreased
triad?
pulse, and cheyne-stokes respirations
What is Cheyne- it is an abnormal rhythm of breathing
Stokes with alternation periods of
respiration? hyperventilation and apnea
What is Kussmaul deep, rapid breathing often induced
respiration? by acidosis
What condition DKA
does Kussmaul
respirations
commonly occur
with?
, What posture decerebrate, decorticate,or flaccid
changes occurs
with increased
ICP?
What is Extensor response; problem with
decerebrate midbrain or pons
posturing?
What is Flexor response; problem with
decorticate cervical spinal tract or cerebral
posturing? hemisphere
What are the eye papilledema, pupillary changes,
changes that impaired eye movement
occur with
increased ICP?
What is a cerebral edema; can also be caused
common cause by a tumor or meningitis
of increased
brain volume?
loss of auto-regulation, decreased
What causes
oxygenation, hypercapnia, increased
increased blood
metabolic demands, and obstruction
volume?
of venous outflow
