Author Question: A client is scheduled for somatosensory evoked potentials. The nurse realizes this test is used to ... (Read 92 times)

fahad · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A client is scheduled for somatosensory evoked potentials. The nurse realizes this test is used to help diagnose which of the following disorders? (Select all that apply.)

1. Multiple sclerosis
2. Radiculopathies
3. Myasthenia gravis
4. Peripheral nerve function
5. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
6. Huntington's chorea

Question 2

The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with glomerulonephritis. Which of the following findings is consistent with this disorder?

1. Brown urine
2. Hip pain
3. Hypotension
4. Bradycardia

jharrington11 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2, 4, 5
Somatosensory evoked potentials are used to measure time in meters per second from the stimulation of a peripheral nerve through the response. It is useful in the evaluation of radiculopathies and peripheral nerve function and the diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. This diagnostic test is not used for multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, or Huntington's chorea.

Answer to Question 2

1
Brown-, tea-, or cola-colored urine; flank pain; and periorbital edema are expected findings. Hypotension, hip pain, and bradycardia are not associated with this disorder.