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Exam 1 Med surg Galen exam with |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




correct answers |||\\\




What are the three main types of headaches? - correct answer✔✔Migraine, Tension, Cluster
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Steps to Pain Assessment - correct answer✔✔Provoking
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Quality

Radiation

Severity |||\\\




Time



Provoking - correct answer✔✔has anything made it better or worse |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Quality - correct answer✔✔Sharp, dull, achy, throbbing
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Radiation - correct answer✔✔Does it radiate to another part of the body
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Severity - correct answer✔✔Pain scale, 1-10 scale, intense pain, Other symptoms: N/V,
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photophobia



Time - correct answer✔✔how long has it been going on? how long does it usually last?
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Tension Headache - correct answer✔✔Bandlike, tightness
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,Describe a Migraine - correct answer✔✔Unilateral, supra and retro orbital, pulsating or
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throbbing, worse with movement, sensitivity with light and sounds |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Cluster - correct answer✔✔Lancinationg or stabbing, 5-30 minutes. Extreme pain
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Migraine Pathophysiology - correct answer✔✔Pathophysiology - Not entirely clear.; theories?
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Prevalence: May be seen in children and adults; Among children more common in boys; among |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




adults more common in women.
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|||\\\ History of patient with migraine: Otherwise healthy, usually female in 30's
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Individualized triggers (stress, smells, foods, hormones, menses) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Tyramine rich foods- chocolate, cheeses, beer, wine, cigar, sweet and low.
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Treatment for Migraine - correct answer✔✔Vasoconstriction works the best, irritation of the
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5th cranial nerve, Estrogen hormone can causes migraines.
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Migraine Manifestations - correct answer✔✔Manifestations |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Pain: Usually unilateral, supra/retro-orbital, pulsating. Worse with movement.
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Accompanied by non-h/a symptoms: N/V, photophobia, phonophobia, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Aura: (20% of cases): |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Migraine Interventions - correct answer✔✔Pain management |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Symptom management |||\\\ |||\\\




Ex. Pitch black, turn off all the lights, N/V causes dehydration
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Migraine Drug Therapy - correct answer✔✔APAP/Caffeine/ Butabital (Fioricet)
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NSAIDS : Naprosyn |||\\\ |||\\\




CCBs and Beta- Blockers (Preventative therapy) : Verapamil
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,Triptans and ergotamine's: Sumatriptan and Cafergot |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Anticonvulsants (Preventative therapy): Topiramate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Botox Injections (monthly) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Magnesium



Migraine Complementary and alternative therapies - correct answer✔✔Acupuncture, Yoga,
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Stress reduction activities, Supplemental mag, Distraction sometimes works.
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Pound acronym - correct answer✔✔P:Pulsating
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O:Duration |||\\\




U: Unilateral location
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N: N/V |||\\\




D: Disabling
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Epilepsy - correct answer✔✔Chronic disorder with two or more seizures experienced by the
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client.



Epilepsy Assessment - correct answer✔✔Inquire about the seizure activity, frequency,
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precipitating factors, aura (pre-ictal phase). |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Family history |||\\\




Collateral medical conditions (hx stroke, HTN, TBI, drug/alcohol abuse) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Seizure risk factors - correct answer✔✔V: Vascular |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




I: Infection or Inherited conditions
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T: Trauma
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A: Alzheimers/Autoimmune
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M: Metabolic derangements
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, I: Idiopathic
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N: Neoplasm |||\\\




S: pSychiatric |||\\\




Epilepsy Triggers - correct answer✔✔Sleep deprivation |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Stress

Alcohol/ Alcohol Withdrawl |||\\\ |||\\\




MSG |||\\\




pg 878 Chart 42-9 |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Aura - correct answer✔✔Seizures often preceded by an aura; it is unique to that patient, not
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every patient has them. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Somatic: rising epigastric sensation |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Hallucinations: Visual, gustatory, olfactory |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Halos, Zig-zags, h/a, paresthesias, psychiatric phenomenon, deja-vu
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Epilepsy Partial: - correct answer✔✔Partial (also called focal or local seizures): Occurs in a
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specific part of the brain. May be characterized by automatism or tic. Ex: Jerk, reflex, lip
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smacking (complex) |||\\\




Epilepsy Simple: - correct answer✔✔Client does not consciousness. Localized |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




jerking/movement. Strange sensations. Autonomic symptoms. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Focal awareness they do not lose consciousness.
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Epilepsy Complex - correct answer✔✔Involves altered LOC; may or may not have total loss of
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consciousness. Automatisms. Patient may wander at start or have amnesia after. Most common |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




among older adults and difficult to diagnose bc symptoms appear similar to those of
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dementia, psychosis, or neurobehavioral disorder, esp post-ictal. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

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