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Who is most at risk for CVA?
- African Americans
- Men
- Over 55
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Left cerebral hemisphere controls _____?
- Analytic
- mental processes
- Language aqusitions
- mathematics
- reasoning
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Carbon Diaoxide is the most common controller of what?
Cerebral bloodflow
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Right cerebral hemisphere infuences:
emotional and artistic tendancies
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80% of strokes are?
Thrombolytic/ishemic
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A vessel needs to be blocked by what percentage before symptoms result.
85%
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Thromolytic/ischmic strokes are caused by ?
- Plaque or Thrombus-large artery
- Lacunae - small artery
- drugs
- cardiac made emboli
- unknown
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Hemorrhagic stroke is bleeding into where?
Sub-arachnoid
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Hemorrhagic stroke is caused by?
aneurysm or arteriovenus malformation
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TIA's present the same as stoke however the sympoms last up until ____hours. They also have ______ lasting effects.
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What is receptive aphasia?
Unable to comprehend written or spoken word.
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Dysarthria is?
Difficulty speaking
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Dysphasia is?
Impaired speech
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Aphasia is?
loss of speech
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Aprixia is?
The partial inability to perform a previously learned skill.
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Diplopia is ?
Double vision
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Hemianopsia is the loss of half of the ______?
visual field
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Parathesia is numbness and tingling of _______?
- Extremity
- Every sensation to the affected area as painful.
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What is the classification of Mannitol/osmitrol?
Osmotic diuretic
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What does Mannitol do?
Decreases the intercraial swelling by pulling excess fluid(csf) out of the brain and excretes it through urine.
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Hemiparesis
WEAKNESS of the face, arm and leg
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Paralysis of the face, arm and leg is _____?
Hemiplegia
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Endarterectomy is the most common noncardiac vascular surgery/procedure; it is described as:?
The surgical removal of atherosclerotic plaque or thrombus from a carodid artery.
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Ataxia is
difficulty walking
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__________ is the best approach to CVA. How?
- Prevention
- Control hypertension, reduce alcohol, education and community awareness.
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Streptokinase (TPA) enzyme is the treatment of_____?
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Buergers disease normally affects which population? And what casues it?
- Men 20-35 heavy smokers all races
- Auto immune disease causes inflammation of the small arteries and vein in the extremities.
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Buergers patients have complaints of:?
- Pain in the arch of the foot-
- rubor- reddish/blue color of the foot
- Absent petal pulses
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Raynaud's disease is ?
- An immunological disorder -intermittent constriction of arterioles of the fingers, toes, tipof the nose,
- causes pain and pallor.
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this disease affects women between 16-40 and occurs more often in cold climates.
Raynauds.
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In P(arterial)D pain is:
usually at rest
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the Allen test determines what?
Aterial circulation to the hands
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