Lacunar stroke - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USMLE UWORLD STEP 1| LATEST QUIZBANK WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST 2024 Nitroglycerin (nitrates) - symptomatic relief in chronic stable angina - MOA? Adverse effects? - Predominantly a *venodilator*, also some arterial vasodilation - decreases both preload & afterload (stroke volume maintained) -- NO ^cGMP, decreasing intracellular Ca, dephosphorylating myosin light-chain, relaxing vascular smooth muscle -- headaches, flushing, lightheadedness, hypotension, reflex tachycard...

MED SURG 3 NURS 480 Advanced Med Surg Final Review 2024 A+ Grade. NURS 480 Final Exam Review: 1. If I push the endotracheal tube too far, where will it go? Right lung  so we will have absent breath sound in the left lung. Right bronchus intubation 2. TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt): in Portal hypertension to decrease the gastric varices bleeding by decreasing the portal venous pressure a. This procedure reduces the portal venous pressure and decompresses the varices...

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) correct answer: Sudden loss of neurological function caused by interruption of blood flow to the brain Ischemic Stroke correct answer: Blockage due to clot most common Hemorrhagic Stroke correct answer: rupture of vessels causing leakage of blood How long must neurological symptoms persist to be classified as a stroke? correct answer: >24 hours Paralysis correct answer: hemiplegia Weakness correct answer: hemiparesis Atherosclerosis corr...

Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist (CSRS 2024) Exam Questions and Answers Types of stroke (Lesson 2) - Answer-Ischemic: 87% -Thrombotic -Embolic -Lacunar Hemorrhagic: 13% -Intracerebral -Subarachnoid Thrombotic Stroke (Ischemic) - Answer-48% of all strokes -typically occurs during sleep -slow progressive onset of deficits -50% are associated with prior TIA Embolic Stroke (Ischemic) - Answer-26% of all strokes -typically occurs while awake -sudden, immediate deficits (some...

What is the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS)? correct answer: A scale 0-6 indicating severity of disability after stroke What is the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS)? correct answer: Measures quality of life by stroke survivors' perception of level of recovery (physical, memory, emotion, communication, ADLs, mobility, hand function, participation) What is STRIDES? correct answer: Stroke rehabilitation intervention development evidence synthesis - a personalized program to structure physical...

Stroke correct answers third most common cause of death in the U.S. and Canada leading cause of serious, long-term disability approximately 35% of individuals who have an initial stroke die within 1 year most effective way to decrease the burden of stroke is prevention risk factors can be divide into non-modifiable and modifiable risks Types of Stroke correct answers ischemia (takes a while to build up) 1. thrombotic 2. embolic hemorrhagic (happens spontaneously) 1. intracer...

Intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) -ANSWER An intraparenchymal hemorrhage is a blood clot that develops in the brain. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage is one form of intracerebral bleeding in which there is bleeding within brain parenchyma. The other form is intraventricular hemorrhage. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage accounts for approx. 8-13% of all strokes and results from a wide spectrum of disorders. It is more likely to result in death or major disability than ischemic stroke or subarachnoid hemorr...

A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - Accurate Answers anosognosia Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is preserved. What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - Accurate Answers Brainstem Watershed stroke is described as: - Accurate Answers Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - Accurate Answers 0.3-0.4ml/min A patient with loc...

A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - correct 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? - correct answer Brainstem Watershed stroke is described as: - correct answer Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - correct answer 0.3-0.4ml/min A patient with locked-in s...

Types of stroke (Lesson 2) Correct Answer Ischemic: 87% -Thrombotic -Embolic -Lacunar Hemorrhagic: 13% -Intracerebral -Subarachnoid Thrombotic Stroke (Ischemic) Correct Answer 48% of all strokes -typically occurs during sleep -slow progressive onset of deficits -50% are associated with prior TIA Embolic Stroke (Ischemic) Correct Answer 26% of all strokes -typically occurs while awake -sudden, immediate deficits (sometimes seizures) -11% are associated with prior TIA Lucun...