NURS 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Perfusion, Captopril, Absence Seizure
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Ischemia from heart attack, cardiac arrest: head trauma concussions, hematomas, brain tumor, stroke, brain attack, or cerebrovascular accident (cva, hypoxia from drug use, respiratory arrest, seizures. Global brain injury: treatments, support oxygen & perfusion, cooling to decrease metabolic needs, blood sugar control, basically, the brain has to recover we just support needs. Cushing"s triad: (r, rr, bp: shock: (r, bp, rr. Initiated by synchronous, high-frequency discharge from a group of hyperexcitable neurons called a focus. Seizure: generation: focus may result from the following, congenital defects, hypoxia at birth, head trauma, brain infection, stroke, cancer, genetic disorders. Types of seizures: partial (focal) seizures, simple partial, complex partial, secondarily generalized, generalized seizures, tonic-clonic, absence (petit mal, atonic, myoclonic, status epilepticus, febrile. Goals of treatment: reduce seizures to a level that allows the patient to live as normal a life as possible, balance the desire for complete seizure control with acceptable side effects.
