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| no response to verbal, sensory, or pain stimulation |
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| any item, equipment, or product costomized for use to promote the fxn capabilities and indep. of an ind w/ disablities |
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| an olfactory or visual sensory sensation |
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| lip smacking, lip chewing, sucking |
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| medical emergancy in which overactivity of the autonomic nervous system causes an abrupt onset of HTN, bradycardia, severe headaches, pallow below and flushing above the level of the spinal cord lesion, and sz. can be triggered by a full bladder or full rectum |
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| the increase in intracellular and extracellular fluid in the brain that results from anoxia, vasodialation, or vascular stasis |
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| cerebral perfusion pressure CPP |
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| the amt of pressure needed to ensure that adequate O2 and nutrients will be delivered to the brain (often results when when the arterial blood flow to the brain is reduced due to increased ICP |
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| phase following tonic characterized by alternation muscular contractions and relaxation |
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| severely diminished response or unconsciousness; child cannot be aroused |
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| repsonsiveness of the mind to ensory stimuli (alertness and cognitive power) |
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| significantly increased intracranial pressure, impeding herniation, or compromised blood flow to the brainstem |
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| paralysis affecting symmetrical parts of the body |
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| a cerebral dysfxn caused by a toxic, injury, inflammatory, or anoxic insult that may result in permanent tissue damage |
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| generalized sz that usually occur in children as the result of rapid temp change above 39C |
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| (or partial) sz caused by abnormal electrical activity in the one hemisphere or specific aread of the cerebral cortex (temporal, frontal, or parietal) |
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| spaces of connective tissue covering the brain at the jxn of skull bones that gradually close and ossify |
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| protusion of brain contents into the brainstem area |
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| intracranial pressure ICP |
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| force exerted by brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood within the cranial vault |
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| sz that continue to occur even with optimal medical management (25-30% of children) |
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| small brain with a head circ that is more than 3 standard deviations below the mean for age and sex |
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| resistance to neck flexion |
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| lmtd response to the environment; the child falls asleep unless given verbal or tactile stimulation |
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| head ad neck are hyperextened |
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| period following sz activity where the LOC is decreased (varies amoung children) |
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| decorticate or decerebrate- abnormal positions assumed after injury or brain damage |
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| a continuous sz that lasts for more than 30 mins or a series of sz during which consciousness is not regained |
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| response to vigorous stimulation only; returns to unresponsive state when the stimulus is removed |
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| phase of generalized sz with unconscious and continuous muscle contraction occurs |
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| the progressive covering of axons w/ layers of myelin or lipid protein sheath (incomplete @ birth) |
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| malformation of the spinal cord and the spinal canal |
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