Acute Onset Diseases

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Chapter 3 Activity: Mind Map
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Acute Onset Diseases
  1. Stable
    1. EXAMPLE: Acute Subdural Hematoma Cases when Surgical Intervention is Warranted
      1. Characteristics
        1. High Mortality Rate
          1. Poor Prognosis
        2. symptoms remain relatively consistent (e.g. severe strokes that show little to no improvement)
        3. Improve Over Time
          1. symptoms often subside and/or improve during spontaneous recovery period as well as with treatment (e.g. most AIS cases and cases of mild TBI)
            1. EXAMPLE: Mild Case of TBI
              1. Characteristics
                1. Brief Loss of Consciousness
                  1. Delayed Memory
                    1. Impaired Fluency
                      1. Typical Recovery is 3 to 12 Months Prior to Injury
                  2. Types
                    1. Stroke
                      1. Acute Ischemic Stroke
                        1. Intracerebral Hemorrhage
                          1. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
                            1. Subdural Hemorrhage
                            2. Traumatic Brain Injury
                              1. Abscesses
                                1. Encephalitis
                                  1. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
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