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What does the MCA perfuse? - Answer Much of the temporal lobe and parietal lobes. What does a stroke in the MCA cause? - Answer Sensory and motor regions that's control the face, upper body and speech centers What does the ACA perfuse? - Answer The frontal lobe What does a stroke in ...
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Add to cartWhat does the MCA perfuse? - Answer Much of the temporal lobe and parietal lobes. What does a stroke in the MCA cause? - Answer Sensory and motor regions that's control the face, upper body and speech centers What does the ACA perfuse? - Answer The frontal lobe What does a stroke in ...
BARTHEL INDEX - Answer Barthel Index • This evaluation is a measure of functional ability to manage ADL's and degree of help needed. - Feeding - Bathing - Grooming - Dressing -Bowel -Bladder -Toileting -Transfers -Stairs - Mobility • Mahoney FI, Barthel D. "Functional evaluation: the ...
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Add to cartBARTHEL INDEX - Answer Barthel Index • This evaluation is a measure of functional ability to manage ADL's and degree of help needed. - Feeding - Bathing - Grooming - Dressing -Bowel -Bladder -Toileting -Transfers -Stairs - Mobility • Mahoney FI, Barthel D. "Functional evaluation: the ...
A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negativ...
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Add to cartA 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was negativ...
Communicate effectively with pre-hospital personnel. - Answer When stroke victim activates EMS the time to imaging , neuro exam, ED MD evaluation is shorter. This should be emphasized in the community. The greatest time delay is from symptom onset to ED arrival. EMS alerts the hospital, advance...
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Add to cartCommunicate effectively with pre-hospital personnel. - Answer When stroke victim activates EMS the time to imaging , neuro exam, ED MD evaluation is shorter. This should be emphasized in the community. The greatest time delay is from symptom onset to ED arrival. EMS alerts the hospital, advance...
anoxia - Answer total depletion in the level of O2 although there is adequate blood flow hypoxia - Answer decrease in O2 levels despite adequate blood flow necrotic pathway - Answer cell energy failure and rapid cytoskeletal breakdown apoptotic pathway - Answer programmed cell death prim...
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Add to cartanoxia - Answer total depletion in the level of O2 although there is adequate blood flow hypoxia - Answer decrease in O2 levels despite adequate blood flow necrotic pathway - Answer cell energy failure and rapid cytoskeletal breakdown apoptotic pathway - Answer programmed cell death prim...
What percentage of the body's oxygen supply and cardiac output does the brain use? - Answer The brain uses 20% of the body's oxygen suppy and 15% of the body's cardiac output. *brain cells do not store oxygen or glucose. The need a constant suppy of micronutrients from arterial blood. What ...
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Add to cartWhat percentage of the body's oxygen supply and cardiac output does the brain use? - Answer The brain uses 20% of the body's oxygen suppy and 15% of the body's cardiac output. *brain cells do not store oxygen or glucose. The need a constant suppy of micronutrients from arterial blood. What ...
By definition, what is a neuron? - Answer An excitable cell that is capable of conducting electrical signals and receive stimuli from the central and peripheral fields What are neuroglia? - Answer Non-excitable cells with supportive and protective functions What are the two cell categories...
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Add to cartBy definition, what is a neuron? - Answer An excitable cell that is capable of conducting electrical signals and receive stimuli from the central and peripheral fields What are neuroglia? - Answer Non-excitable cells with supportive and protective functions What are the two cell categories...
Save the penumbra with - Answer Oxygen> 94%, BP < = 185/110, Glucose 140-180 Anterior Circulation - Answer Unilateral Deficits ICA- large vessel ACA -leg MCA-arm Posterior Circulation - Answer Bilateral deficits Basilar-large vessel Vertebral-large vessel Cerebellar ar...
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Add to cartSave the penumbra with - Answer Oxygen> 94%, BP < = 185/110, Glucose 140-180 Anterior Circulation - Answer Unilateral Deficits ICA- large vessel ACA -leg MCA-arm Posterior Circulation - Answer Bilateral deficits Basilar-large vessel Vertebral-large vessel Cerebellar ar...
maintain CPP and ICP. low high? - Answer 60-70. ICP<20. CPP <60 hypo perfusion. CPP >70 = risk for rebreeding. contraindicated to perform an LP to eval presence of blood in a pt with an SAH ? why - Answer increased ICP . Increased ICP can result in central herniation following an LP ...
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Add to cartmaintain CPP and ICP. low high? - Answer 60-70. ICP<20. CPP <60 hypo perfusion. CPP >70 = risk for rebreeding. contraindicated to perform an LP to eval presence of blood in a pt with an SAH ? why - Answer increased ICP . Increased ICP can result in central herniation following an LP ...
What was the role of the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) in stroke care? - Answer Founded by 17 neurosurgeons in 1991, they established standardized stroke care criteria based on evidence based practice Which organization provides criteria for a healthcare facility to become a primary stroke cente...
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Add to cartWhat was the role of the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) in stroke care? - Answer Founded by 17 neurosurgeons in 1991, they established standardized stroke care criteria based on evidence based practice Which organization provides criteria for a healthcare facility to become a primary stroke cente...
A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - Answer anosognosia 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 Watershed stroke is ...
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Add to cartA person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - Answer anosognosia 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 Watershed stroke is ...
Penumbra - Answer Salvageable tissue -oxygen -blood pressure -Glucose Perfusion - Answer What oxygen delivers to the brain. Above the necklace-Anterior Circulation= - Answer Unilateral deficits Below the necklace-Posterior circulation= - Answer Bilateral deficits Circle of Wil...
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Add to cartPenumbra - Answer Salvageable tissue -oxygen -blood pressure -Glucose Perfusion - Answer What oxygen delivers to the brain. Above the necklace-Anterior Circulation= - Answer Unilateral deficits Below the necklace-Posterior circulation= - Answer Bilateral deficits Circle of Wil...
drug classes - Answer fibrinolytic antifibrinolytic anticoagulant antiplatelet -statins antihypertensives hypertensives diuretics anti epileptics fibrinolytics - Answer clot buster, breaks down existing clots rtPA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator - MOA: activates plasmi...
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Add to cartdrug classes - Answer fibrinolytic antifibrinolytic anticoagulant antiplatelet -statins antihypertensives hypertensives diuretics anti epileptics fibrinolytics - Answer clot buster, breaks down existing clots rtPA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator - MOA: activates plasmi...
NIHSS Score > 15 is associated with? - Answer Patient at greater risk of death from stroke Examples of items not scored on NIHSS which could represent a clinically significant posterior circulation stroke - Answer Diplopia, dysphagia, gait instability, hearing, nystagmus Hunt and Hess...
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Add to cartNIHSS Score > 15 is associated with? - Answer Patient at greater risk of death from stroke Examples of items not scored on NIHSS which could represent a clinically significant posterior circulation stroke - Answer Diplopia, dysphagia, gait instability, hearing, nystagmus Hunt and Hess...
Primary Prevention - Answer - Prevent/promotion of disease. - Control risk factors that already exist in specific populations - Leading a healthy lifestyle including a nutritious diet, regular exercise, abstaining from smoking, healthy sleep pattern Secondary Prevention - Answer - screen-ear...
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Add to cartPrimary Prevention - Answer - Prevent/promotion of disease. - Control risk factors that already exist in specific populations - Leading a healthy lifestyle including a nutritious diet, regular exercise, abstaining from smoking, healthy sleep pattern Secondary Prevention - Answer - screen-ear...
A patient is right handed and suffers from a large Right vessel occlusion in the internal carotid artery. Because it is affecting the pts dominate sphere, they are most likely to experience: - Answer Aphasia A patient is right handed and suffers from a large left vessel occlusion in the interna...
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Add to cartA patient is right handed and suffers from a large Right vessel occlusion in the internal carotid artery. Because it is affecting the pts dominate sphere, they are most likely to experience: - Answer Aphasia A patient is right handed and suffers from a large left vessel occlusion in the interna...
Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) - Answer Arises from basilar. Supplies Occipital Lobe , Midbrain, Thalamus, Pineal Gland, Choroid Plexus, and Corpus Callosum Symptoms of PCA Stroke - Answer -Contralateral Visual Field Homonymous hemianopia -Visual Agnosia (unable to interpret/recognize visua...
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Add to cartPosterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) - Answer Arises from basilar. Supplies Occipital Lobe , Midbrain, Thalamus, Pineal Gland, Choroid Plexus, and Corpus Callosum Symptoms of PCA Stroke - Answer -Contralateral Visual Field Homonymous hemianopia -Visual Agnosia (unable to interpret/recognize visua...
Function of the Frontal Lobe - Answer "EXECUTIVE" functions reasoning, emotions, judgement, voluntary movement planning and initiation, personality expression and moderation of social functions Broca's area is in this lobe (production of speech) Function of the Parietal Lobe - Answer ...
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Add to cartFunction of the Frontal Lobe - Answer "EXECUTIVE" functions reasoning, emotions, judgement, voluntary movement planning and initiation, personality expression and moderation of social functions Broca's area is in this lobe (production of speech) Function of the Parietal Lobe - Answer ...
Cerebral cortex - Answer gray matter on the outermost section of the cerebrum and cerebellum composed of neuronal cell bodies Four lobes of the cerebral cortex and cerebrum - Answer Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital Oxygen supplemental need - Answer > 93% BP goal post tPA - Ans...
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Add to cartCerebral cortex - Answer gray matter on the outermost section of the cerebrum and cerebellum composed of neuronal cell bodies Four lobes of the cerebral cortex and cerebrum - Answer Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital Oxygen supplemental need - Answer > 93% BP goal post tPA - Ans...
what are CPGs and what is the use of them in relation to stroke? - Answer they are a review and summary of the literature with recommendations. used to guide stroke program development and individual stroke care. what are the key disease elements for TIA program organization? - Answer HTN con...
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Add to cartwhat are CPGs and what is the use of them in relation to stroke? - Answer they are a review and summary of the literature with recommendations. used to guide stroke program development and individual stroke care. what are the key disease elements for TIA program organization? - Answer HTN con...
1. What is the only blood test you must have results of in order to safely administer IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)—besides international normalized ratio (INR), which is required for patients on Coumadin? A. Liver enzymes B. Cardiac enzymes C. Creatinine to know if CT angiography is ...
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Add to cart1. What is the only blood test you must have results of in order to safely administer IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)—besides international normalized ratio (INR), which is required for patients on Coumadin? A. Liver enzymes B. Cardiac enzymes C. Creatinine to know if CT angiography is ...
Neuro deterioration occurs when? - Answer 24-48 H after a stroke in 25 % of cases Most common complications within first 4 days of stroke - Answer Pain Fever Progression of stroke UTI Most ICH occur when with administration of IV TPA - Answer first 24 hours Temperature goal - Answe...
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Add to cartNeuro deterioration occurs when? - Answer 24-48 H after a stroke in 25 % of cases Most common complications within first 4 days of stroke - Answer Pain Fever Progression of stroke UTI Most ICH occur when with administration of IV TPA - Answer first 24 hours Temperature goal - Answe...
How many cranial nerves are there? - Answer 12 pairs How many spinal nerves are there? - Answer 31 pairs Penumbra - Answer Area of ischemic brain tissue that is potentially reversible What are the two types of hemorrhagic stroke? - Answer intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrha...
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Add to cartHow many cranial nerves are there? - Answer 12 pairs How many spinal nerves are there? - Answer 31 pairs Penumbra - Answer Area of ischemic brain tissue that is potentially reversible What are the two types of hemorrhagic stroke? - Answer intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrha...
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