SCRN PRACTICE EXAM STUDY
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1. A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability ANSWER ANSWER anosognosia
2. Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is...
, 1. A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability ANSWER ANSWER anosognosia
2. Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is preserved.
What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? ANSWER Brainstem
3. Watershed stroke is described as ANSWER ANSWER Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries
4. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... ANSWER 0.3-0.4ml/min
5. A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... ANSWER pons (pontine)
6. A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event... ANSWER in a small artery
7. The MOST important point to emphasize in a community education program on strokes that will directly
improve patient outcome and disability in setting of a stroke? ANSWER Activate EMS
8. What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? ANSWER Connective tissue disease
9. What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? ANSWER Hypertension
10. One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... ANSWER 75
11. Atrial fibrillation is associated with.. ANSWER An increased risk of stroke and mortality
12. What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? ANSWER Bleeding diathesis (unusual
susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility)
13. Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation ANSWER ANSWER -
Ataxia and visual deficits
14. Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA ANSWER ANSWER ABCD2
15. What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation? ANSWER
Kernig's Sign
16. The most sensitive and specific imaging technique for demonstrating acute infarction is... ANSWER
MR diffusion-weighted imaging
17. A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should... ANSWER -
identify the etiology of the bleed
18. What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar puncture? ANSWER SAH
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