Meningitis & Encephalitis
Meningitisinflammationofmeninges Encephalitis swellingofbrainapathologic
patnopathogensinfectmeningeallayers changesinbothWhiteagrenmattera
surroundingmeningesALYJGCfetiidamemniiiiioma.fiNeisseria
meningitis opathopathogensinfectbrainparenchyma
foundinschoolagechildrenyoung vectorborneviralinfections
adultsimmunosuppressed StLOUIS
streptococciStreptococcuspneumoniae westernEasternequine
moreseriousformbutadultsusuallyrecover
w nopermimpairmentcomplicationscan rubéonatmelasies
beseriousifnottreated neurotoxiceffectsassociatedw
childhoodvaccination
AEPIiiis.esHsvmumpsenteroviruses HSV 1
morecommoninchildrenolder assessment
adultsmilderversion suddenfeverchillsmalaise
fungiparasites severeheadachestiffneck
assessment tremorsseizuresvisualdisturbances
triadheadachefevernuchalrigidity spasticorflaccidparalysis
nuchalrigiditypainastiffneck deliriumcomaincontinence
photophobia assessforinsectbite questionrecen
onivrestlessnessirritability activitycampingexposuretotoxins
seizures diagnostics
opisthotonosspasmofmusclearchingofheadneck lumbarpuncture
BrudzinskissignPainwpassiveneckflexion CSFpressureelevatedBUTfluidclear
Kernigssignresistlegextensionwhenthigh nowevercouldsnowrise.in
9Mflexedonabdomenantibodies
meningococcalpetechiaethatlookslikerugburn OMRIACTbeforelumbarpuncture
viralrash medicalmanagementsupportive
OlderadultsmaynothavetypicalSischangein symptomsmanagedw antipyretic
mentalstatusslightnofever.noneckpainheadache anticonvulsants antiinflammatory
diagnostics analgesics
LumbarpuncturetodiagnoseCSFappearscloudy nursingmanagement
C SbloodcultureCBO elevatedprotein 0400,180bowelfunction
CT
9 feffathehtafstatusornewfoc.atdeficit
papilledema
seizurewithinpastweek
760910orimmunocompromised
medicalmanagement
IVfluids antimicrobialtheraph
anticonvulsants seizures
immunizationmeningococcalmeningitisMenomonee
nursingmanagement
managesymptomstopreventincreaseinICP
controlspreadofinfection
preventdirectexposuretooralsecretions
dropletprecautions