Chapter 13
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| Absence seizure | Seizure that may be characterized by a brief lapse of attention in which the patient may stare and does not respond. Also known as petit mal seizure.
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| Aphasia | The inability to understand or produce speech.
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| Arterial Rupture | Rupture of a cerebral artery that may contribute to interruption of cerebral blood flow.
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| Atherosclerosis | Disorder where cholesterol and calcium build up inside walls of blood vessels, forming plaque. Leads to partial/complete blockage of blood flow; plaque can also become a site where blood clots form, break off, and embolize elsewhere in the circulation.
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| Aura | A sensation experienced prior to a seizure; serves as a warning sign that a seizure is about to occur.
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| Cerebral Embolism | Obstruction of a cerebral artery caused by a clot that was formed elsewhere in the body and traveled to the brain.
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| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) | An interruption of blood flow to the brain that results in the loss of brain function.
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| Coma | A state of profound unconsciousness from which one cannot be roused.
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| Coup-contrecoup brain injury | A brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of original impact.
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| Dysrthria | the inability to proncounce speech clearly, often due to loss of the nerves or brain cells that control the small muscles in the larynx.
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| Expressive Aphasia | A speech disorder in which a person can understand what is being said but cannot produce the right sounds in order to speak properly.
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| Febrile seizures | Convulsions that result from sudden high fevers, particularly in children.
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| Generalized seizure | Seizure characterized by severe twitching of all the body's muscles that may last several minutes or more; also known as a grand mal seizure.
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| Hemiparesis | Weakness on one side of the body
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| Hemorrhagic Stroke | One of the two main types of stroke; occurs as a result of bleeding inside the brain.
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| Hypoglycemia | A condition characterized by low blood glucose levels.
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| Incontinence | Loss of bowel and bladder control due to generalized seizure.
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| Infarcted cells | cells in the brain that die as a result of loss of blood flow to the brain.
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| Ischemia | A lack of oxygen in the cells of the brain that cause them to not function properly.
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| Ischemic stroke | One of the two main types of stroke; occurs when blood flow to a particular part of the brain is cut off by a blockage (e.g., clot) inside a blood vessel.
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| Postictal state | Period following a seizure that lasts between 5 and 30 minutes, characterized by labored respirations and some degree of altered mental status.
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| Receptive aphasia | A speech disorder in which a person has trouble understanding speech but is able to speak clearly.
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| Seizure | Generalized, uncoordinated muscular activity associated with loss of consciousness; a convulsion
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| Status epilepticus | A condition in which seizures recur every few minutes, or last more than 30 minutes.
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| Stroke | A loss of brain function in certain rain cells that do not get enough oxygen during a CVA. Usually caused by obstruction of the blood vessels in the brain that feed oxygen to the brain cells.
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| Thrombosis | Clotting of the cerebral arteries that may result in the interruption of cerebral blood flow and subsequent stroke.
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| Tonic-clonic | A type of seizure that features rhythmic back-and-forth motion of an extremity and body stiffness.
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| Transient ischemic attack (TIA) | A disorder of the brain in which brain cells temporarily stop working because of insufficient oxygen, causing stroke-like symptoms that resolve completely within 24 hours of onset.
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