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lracut11

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on: Jun 25, 2018
One of the pathologic consequences of an unruptured cerebral aneurysm is that it can
 
  a. shunt blood away from the surrounding tissues.
  b. leak blood into the subarachnoid space.
  c. damage the middle layer of the arterial wall.
  d. place pressure on the surrounding tissues.

Question 2

With an intact oculocephalic reflex, the
 
  a. patient's eyes move in the same direction the head is turned.
  b. patient's eyes move in the opposite direction to the movement of the patient's head.
  c. patient's eyes remain midline.
  d. doll's eye reflex is absent.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
An unruptured aneurysm may be problematic because it places pressure on the surrounding tissues. The aneurysm becomes clinically significant when the vessel wall becomes so thin that it ruptures, sending arterial blood at a high pressure into the subarachnoid space.

Answer to Question 2

B
To assess the oculocephalic reflex, the nurse holds the patient's eyelids open and briskly turns the head to one side while observing the eye movements and then briskly turns the head to the other side and observes. If the eyes deviate to the opposite direction in which the head is turned, doll's eyes are present, and the oculocephalic reflex arc is intact. If the oculocephalic reflex arc is not intact, the reflex is absent.


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