A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - anosognosia
Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is
preserved.
What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - Brainstem
Watershed stroke is described as: - Stroke ...
SCRN Practice Exam A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - ✔✔anosognosia Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is preserved. What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - ✔✔Brainstem Watershed stroke is described as: - ✔✔Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - ✔✔0.3-0.4ml/min A patient with locked -in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... - ✔✔pons (pontine) A lacunar inf arct is indicative of an event... - ✔✔in a small artery 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? - ✔✔Activate EMS What is a risk fa ctor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? - ✔✔Connective tissue disease What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? - ✔✔Hypertension One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... - ✔✔75 Atrial fibrillation is associated with. . - ✔✔An increased risk of stroke and mortality What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? - ✔✔Bleeding diathesis (unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility) Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation: - ✔✔Ataxia and visual deficits Predictor of a two -day risk for stroke following a TIA: - ✔✔ABCD2 What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation? - ✔✔Kernig's Sign The most sensitive an d specific imaging technique for demonstrating acute infarction is... - ✔✔MR diffusion -weighted imaging A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should... - ✔✔identify the etiology of the bleed What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar puncture? - ✔✔SAH A neurologist has ordered a TTE. This test is best at identifying... - ✔✔ventricular thrombus A woman with sickle cell disease is being seen for preventative strok e diagnostic testing. What procedure would you expect to be performed? - ✔✔Transcranial doppler A patient is scheduled for embolization of L AVM. The goal of the treatment is... - ✔✔Occlusion of the deep arterial feeding vessels Pt with recent head traum a presents with pulstile tinnitus, headache, and visual disturbances. These symptoms may indicate... - ✔✔dural arteriovenous fistula
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