1. Look for information on the following clinical conditions.
Include: etiology, symptoms, pathophysiology, pathology, prognosis.
Describe the most characteristic of these conditions. (36 points)
Myasthenia gravis
Peripheral mononeuropathies
Peripheral polyneuropathies
Parkinson's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis
1. What is Myasthenia Gravis?
2.What body parts does Myasthenia Gravis affect most?
3. What neurotransmitter is blocked and how?
4. Describe the symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis
5. What is the treatment for Myasthenia Gravis?
6. Describe the nurse interventions for Myasthenia Gravis1. What is
Myasthenia Gravis?
2.What body parts does Myasthenia Gravis affect most?
3. What neurotransmitter is blocked and how?
4. Describe the symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis
5. What is the treatment for Myasthenia Gravis?
6. Describe the...
*Note: For a speech language and pathology class that is
focusing on medical speech pathology
An SLP is recently hired into a high paying therapist position
at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). He is instructed by the SNF
director to place each newly assessed patient into the highest
therapy reimbursement structure (as opposed to relying on each
individual assessment to dictate the level of therapy). First, how
would you address the newly hired SLP in regard to him following
the...