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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Check Your Understanding Questions

Medical-Surgical NursingCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
Between increased intracranial pressure and decreased intracranial pressure, which one is an acute medical condition that needs immediate attention and why?
2 .
Typically, how is ALS diagnosed?
3 .
What is neurofilament light chain, how is it detected, and why is it important to patients with ALS?
4 .
What is the prodrome phase of a seizure, and what happens during this phase?
5 .
What causes a seizure?
6 .
What is a migraine?
7 .
What other health conditions can cause symptoms similar to fibromyalgia, and how are these conditions ruled out as a cause for the patient’s symptoms?
8 .
What is the difference between paraplegia and tetraplegia?
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