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Frontal lobe functions
Correct Answer: Personality, motor function, motor speech, morals, emotions,
judgment
Parietal lobe function
Correct Answer: Sensation, pain, interpretation, temperature, pressure
Occipital lobe function
Correct Answer: visual
Cerebellum functions
Correct Answer: coordination of muscle movement & tone, equilibrium
What does the glasgow coma scale assess?
Correct Answer: 1. eye opening 2. motor response 3. verbal response
Early S/S of increased ICP
Correct Answer: 1. Change in LOC (earliest sign)
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, 2. headache
3. N/V (can project to projectile)
4. Lethargy
5. Irritability
6. slow decision making
Late S/S of increased ICP
Correct Answer: 1. pupillary changes
2. Seizures
3. Posturing
4. Can progress to coma
Who should ICP monitoring be done for?
Correct Answer: 1. head injuries (GCS <8)
2. Cerebral edema
3. Large Ischemic stroke
4. Hydrocephalus
Normal ICP
Correct Answer: 0-15 mmHg
tx is indicated when ICP is greater than?
Correct Answer: sustained 20-25 mmHg
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