RASMUSSEN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3
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◉ Secondary headaches
Answer: secondary to underlying cause such as tumor, CNS infection,
hemorrhage, aneurysm, concussion.
Thunder-clap headache, morning w/ nausea, new-onset,
progressive, aura
◉ Epilepsy
Answer: chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure
activity
◉ status epilepticus
Answer: A condition in which seizures recur every few minutes or
last more than 5 minutes.
◉ Focal Seizure
Answer: partial seizure
Simple: Conscious, sudden emotions or sensations
,Complex: LOC, Dreamlike, automatisms (twitching, moving mouth,
walking in circle)
◉ Generalized Seizure
Answer: Both sides of the brain. May cause LOC, falls, massive
muscle spasms.
◉ Atonic, Tonic, Tonic-clonic
Answer: No tone, tone (stiff), tone & jerks
◉ Clonic, myoclonic
Answer: jerks, jerks & twitches
◉ Postictal Period
Answer: just after the seizure, the individual may be confused,
fatigued, and fall into a deep sleep
◉ Epiglottitis
Answer: inflammation of the epiglottis.
Hoarseness, infection symptoms, respiratory failure, stridor, central
cyanosis, tripod position
◉ Croup
, Answer: laryngotracheobronchitis with seal-like cough. Bacteria,
virus, allergen.
Worse at night, stridor, congestion, central cyanosis
◉ Influenza
Answer: The flu, viral infection of upper and lower respiratory
infection symptoms, cough, sore throat
◉ Acute Bronchitis
Answer: Inflammation of bronchi following respiratory infection
productive cough (clear/purulent/ bloody), crackles, rhonchi,
wheeze.
◉ bronchiectasis
Answer: abnormal dilation of the bronchi with accumulation of
mucus from damage to airway
◉ Pneumonia
Answer: An inflammation of lung tissue, alveolis fill w/fluid
Productive cough, pleural rub, crackles
◉ Aspiration pneumonia
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL CONTENT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
SET
◉ Secondary headaches
Answer: secondary to underlying cause such as tumor, CNS infection,
hemorrhage, aneurysm, concussion.
Thunder-clap headache, morning w/ nausea, new-onset,
progressive, aura
◉ Epilepsy
Answer: chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure
activity
◉ status epilepticus
Answer: A condition in which seizures recur every few minutes or
last more than 5 minutes.
◉ Focal Seizure
Answer: partial seizure
Simple: Conscious, sudden emotions or sensations
,Complex: LOC, Dreamlike, automatisms (twitching, moving mouth,
walking in circle)
◉ Generalized Seizure
Answer: Both sides of the brain. May cause LOC, falls, massive
muscle spasms.
◉ Atonic, Tonic, Tonic-clonic
Answer: No tone, tone (stiff), tone & jerks
◉ Clonic, myoclonic
Answer: jerks, jerks & twitches
◉ Postictal Period
Answer: just after the seizure, the individual may be confused,
fatigued, and fall into a deep sleep
◉ Epiglottitis
Answer: inflammation of the epiglottis.
Hoarseness, infection symptoms, respiratory failure, stridor, central
cyanosis, tripod position
◉ Croup
, Answer: laryngotracheobronchitis with seal-like cough. Bacteria,
virus, allergen.
Worse at night, stridor, congestion, central cyanosis
◉ Influenza
Answer: The flu, viral infection of upper and lower respiratory
infection symptoms, cough, sore throat
◉ Acute Bronchitis
Answer: Inflammation of bronchi following respiratory infection
productive cough (clear/purulent/ bloody), crackles, rhonchi,
wheeze.
◉ bronchiectasis
Answer: abnormal dilation of the bronchi with accumulation of
mucus from damage to airway
◉ Pneumonia
Answer: An inflammation of lung tissue, alveolis fill w/fluid
Productive cough, pleural rub, crackles
◉ Aspiration pneumonia
