Chapter 69: Management of Patients With Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies 2

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may be controlled by the administration of diphenhydramine and acetaminophen approximately 30 minutes before administration of the amphotericin.

A client with fungal encephalitis receiving amphotericin B reports fever, chills, and body aches. The nurse knows that these symptoms

Facial (VII)

Bell palsy is a disorder of which cranial nerve?

Speeds nerve impulse transmission

Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune attack on the peripheral myelin sheath. Which of the following is an action of myelin?

Magnetic resonance imaging

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is based on which test?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is based on which test?

Approximately 60% to 75% of clients recover completely.

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. His spouse asks about recovery rates. The nurse can correctly relate which of the following?

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Which condition is a rare, transmissible, progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform degeneration of the gray matter of the brain?

Providing palliative care

Which is a component of the nursing management of the client with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)?

Multiple sclerosis

Which of the following is considered a central nervous system (CNS) disorder?

Trigeminal neuralgia

A 45-year-old client is admitted to the facility with excruciating paroxysmal facial pain. He reports that the episodes occur most often after feeling cold drafts and drinking cold beverages. Based on these findings, the nurse determines that the client is most likely suffering from which neurologic disorder?


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