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What medication is usually not helpful in relieving a headache due to lumbar puncture?
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Opioids

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What are the best known neurotransmitters?
Acetylcholine Norepinephrine Dopamine Serotonin
What is the role of neurons?
Carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord
What is norepinephrine responsible for?
Maintains arousal Dreams Regulation of mood
What are the four principal parts of the brain?
Cerebrum Diencephalon Cerebellum Brainstem
What does each hemisphere of the cerebrum control?
Movement on the opposite side of the body
What do basal nuclei control?
Automatic body movement Posture
What are the two main functions of the spinal cord?
Conduct impulses to and from brain Reflex actions
How are the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems antagonistic?
Sympathetic accelerates an action Parasympathetic slows an action
What are the two components of LOC?
Arousal (wakefulness) Awareness
Awareness has 4 components:
1. Orientation 2. Memory 3. Calculation 4. Fund of knowledge
List the four categories of the FOUR score coma scale?
Eye response Brainstem reflexes Motor response Respiration
Define global aphasia
Inability understand the spoken word or to speak
What is anomic aphasia?
Inability to name objects
What is dysarthria?
Difficult or poorly articulated speech
Define paresis:
Partial loss of function
How is the patient positioned during a lumbar puncture?
On side with knee and head flexed at acute angle
What are the 3 classifications of a headache?
Vascular Tension Traction-inflammation
What are triptans calssified as?
Selective serotonin receptor agonists
What is Horner's syndrome?
Small pupil or eyelid drooping on one side
Pain receptors are not _______
Adaptable; they are specific to pain
What are late signs of increased ICP?
Rise in systolic pressure Widening pulse pressure Bradycardia Abnormal respiration
What is diplopia?
Double vision
What kind of vomiting is present in a patient with increased ICP?
Unexpected vomiting; projectile and unaccompanied by nausea
What happens in papilledema?
The retina becomes compressed and cannot respond to light rays
Why is a lumbar puncture not performed on a patient with increased ICP?
Sudden release of pressure in the skull can lead to pressure on the cardiac and respiratory centers
What is status epilepticus?
When full consciousness is not regained between seizures