Traumatic Brain Injury
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1. A TBI that causes damage confined to one area of the brain is called a:

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2. The major cause of TBI in older adults is:

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3. Bleeding within the brain itself is called:

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4. A score of 3 to 8 on the Glasgow Coma Scale indicates what type of head injury?

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5. A catheter or probe inserted into the skull to the subarachnoid level is used to:

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6. An imaging test that shows activity in the brainstem but little or no activity in the upper brain would suggest a diagnosis of:

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7. About 50% of patients with penetrating head injuries develop:

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8. The most commonly injured cranial nerve in TBI is the:

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9. The most common cognitive impairment among severely head-injured patients is:

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10. What neurodegenerative disease seen later in life may be associated with a severe head injury sustained in early adulthood?

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11. It is recommended that moderately to severely injured patients have rehabilitation deferred until they are transferred out of the intensive care unit.

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12. Diffuse axonal injury:

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13. The immature brain of a child is better able to adapt and recover from a TBI due to: