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kid with pinpoint pupils. what are you thinking?
opiate or barb poisoning. brainstem dysf.
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kid with wide dilated, fixed pupils. what are you thinking?
paralysis of CN III (occulomotor)
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kids eyes are fixed and dilated, what are you thinking?
neuro emergy, or death.
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kid has decorticate posture, rigid flexion, what is going on?
lesions above the brainstem.
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kid has rigid extension, what is going on?
lesions of the brainstem.
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if a child has a headache, slurred speech, altered LOC, what are you thinking?
intracranial pressure.
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