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Mind Map by Rahaf Fouad, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rahaf Fouad
over 3 years ago
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A child with a stiff neck
- Anatomy
- skull
- meninges
- ventricular system
- is a set of four interconnected
cavities known as cerebral
ventricles in the brain
- Within each ventricle is a region of
choroid plexus
- which produces the circulating
- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
- CSF INTERPRETATION
- WBC LEVELS
- Increased
- polymorphs (nuetrophils)
- lymphocytes
- polymorphs (nuetrophils)
- Increased
- WBC LEVELS
- CSF INTERPRETATION
- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
- which produces the circulating
- Within each ventricle is a region of
choroid plexus
- is a set of four interconnected
cavities known as cerebral
ventricles in the brain
- skull
- meningitis
- is an inflammation (swelling) of
the protective membranes
covering the brain and spinal cord
- infectious
- bacterial
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- viral
- Enterovirus
- Echovirus
- Enterovirus
- fungal
- mostly affects people with
immune deficiencies
- mostly affects people with
immune deficiencies
- bacterial
- non-infectious
- due to injury \cancer\drugs
- due to injury \cancer\drugs
- signs & symptoms
- headache
- fever
- neck stiffness
- photophobia
- vomiting
- physiology of vomiting
- Types
- projectile
- gastric outlet
obstruction
- gastric outlet
obstruction
- non-projectile
- projectile
- physiology of vomiting
- headache
- Investigation
- physical examination
- Kernig's sign
- brudzinski sign
- Kernig's sign
- lumbar puncture
- Is where a thin needle is inserted
between the bones in the lower
spine.
- in infants : L4-L5 interspace
- on adult : L3-L4 interspace
- in infants : L4-L5 interspace
- indications
- diagnostic
- therapeutic
- anesthetic
- diagnostic
- contraindication
- increased intercranial
pressure
- skin infections at the
level of insertion
- increased intercranial
pressure
- complications
- back pain
- hemorrhage
- back pain
- Is where a thin needle is inserted
between the bones in the lower
spine.
- physical examination
- Management
- Newborn
- Ampicillin + 3ed generation
cephalosporin + aminoglycoside
- Ampicillin + 3ed generation
cephalosporin + aminoglycoside
- Adult
- Vancomycin + 3ed generation
cephalosporin
- Vancomycin + 3ed generation
cephalosporin
- Elderly
- Ampicillin + Vancomycin + 3ed
generation cephalosporin
- Ampicillin + Vancomycin + 3ed
generation cephalosporin
- Newborn
- is an inflammation (swelling) of
the protective membranes
covering the brain and spinal cord
- isolation methods
- there are three categories of
Transmission-Based Precautions
- Airborne Precautions
- Droplet Precautions
- Contact Precautions
- Airborne Precautions
- there are three categories of
Transmission-Based Precautions
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