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D.F. is a 37-year-old woman who presents to the emergency department after having a seizure.

Data
PMH: Seizures, unknown type
Headache
Housewife
Feels weak
No loss of consciousnessObjective Data
Vital signs: T 37 P 72 R 18 BP 114/64
Lungs: clear all bases
O2 Sat = 100%
CV = heart rate regular, positive peripheral pulses

Required:
a. What other assessments are necessary for this patient?
b. What are some of the causes of seizures?
c. Develop a problem list from objective and subjective data.

Sagot :

Histrionicus

Answer:

1. Other assessments are necessary to this patient on given information of the patients are :

- headache before or after seizures.

- if proper functioning in sensory organs for taste, smell, hear

- complete brain assessments

- questionnaire related to seizures.

- forget about the seizure episode

- EEG

- complete blood test

- head CT/ MRI scan

2.  CAUSES OF SEIZURES

High blood pressure due to

Sudden electric activity in the brain

too high or low levels than usual of sodium or glucose in the brain

Infection in brain

brain tumor

cardiac disease

high fever

3. in this case seizure is not known, during seizure time headache is common but with a high grade when compared to the normal, mainly it starts before the seizure.

in seizure time some times complete loss of memory, systolic and diastolic blood pressure also increases, heart rate increases. then oxygen saturation less than 100%. in this case heart rate is regular .

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