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| Characteristics of a CVA in the Cerebellum? |
*DECREASED BALANCE
*ATAXIA
*DECREASED COORDINATION
*NAUSEA
*DECREASED ABILITY FOR POSTURAL ADJUSTMENT
*NYSTAGMUS |
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MichaelMorano Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:08 GMT |
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| Characteristics of a CVA in the Brainstem? |
*UNSTABLE VITAL SIGNS
*DECREASED CONSCIOUSNESS
*DECREASED ABILITY TO SWALLOW
*WEAKNESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY
*PARALYSIS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY |
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MichaelMorano Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:08 GMT |
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| Characteristics of a CVA in the left hemisphere? |
*WEAKNESS, PARALYSIS OF THE RIGHT SIDE
*INCREASED FRUSTRATION
*DECREASED PROCESSING
*POSSIBLE APHASIA (EXPRESSIVE, RECEPTIVE, GLOBAL)
*POSSIBLE DYSPHAGIA
*POSSIBLE MOTOR APRAXIA (IDEOMOTOR AND IDEATIONAL)
*DECREASED DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT
*RIGHT HEMIANOPSIA |
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MichaelMorano Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:08 GMT |
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| Characteristics of a CVA in the right hemisphere? |
*WEAKNESS, PARALYSIS OF THE LEFT SIDE
*DECREASED ATTENTION SPAN
*LEFT HEMIANOPSIA
*DECREASED AWARENESS AND JUDGEMENT
*MEMORY DEFICITS
*LEFT INATTENTION
*DECREASED ABSTRACT REASONING
*EMOTIONAL LABILITY
*IMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS
*DECREASED SPATIAL ORIENTATION |
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MichaelMorano Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:08 GMT |
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| A patient is suffering from Wernicke's aphasia. Where is the site of the lesion? |
MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:08 GMT |
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| What parts of the brain does the Middle Cerebral Artery supply? |
*FRONTAL LOBE
*TEMPORAL LOBE
*PARIETAL LOBE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:39:26 GMT |
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True/False
If the Middle Cerebral Artery is occluded, the lower extremities will be effected more than the upper extremities. |
FALSE
THE FACE AND UPPER EXTREMITIES ARE MORE AFFECTED THAN THE LOWER. |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:36:56 GMT |
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| A person who suffers disability seems unaware of or denies the existence of his or her disability? |
ANOSOGNOSIA |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:36:56 GMT |
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| Homonymous hemianopsia often occurs if what two arteries are occluded? |
*POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
*MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:36:56 GMT |
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| Most common site of a CVA? |
MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:36:56 GMT |
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| If a patient has a lower extremity loss, which area of the brain did the CVA occur |
ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:30:43 GMT |
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| If a patient loses the ability to feel pain and temperature, what area did the CVA likely occur? |
POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:30:43 GMT |
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| Impairs a person's fluency or accuracy in being able to read, write, and spell? |
DYSLEXIA (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:30:43 GMT |
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| Characterized by involuntary flinging motions of the extremities. The movements are often violent and have wide amplitudes of motion? |
HEMIBALLISMUS (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:30:43 GMT |
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| A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by impaired ability to read Nontechnical name? |
ALEXIA (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:25:23 GMT |
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| The condition of seeing everything in the field of view as larger than it really is, which can occur in diseases of the retina or in some brain disorders? |
MACROPSIA (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:25:23 GMT |
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| A defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than they appear to a person with normal vision? |
MICROPSIA (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:25:23 GMT |
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| A visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage? |
PALINOPSIA (POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:25:23 GMT |
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| Difficulty in telling the difference between colors? |
DYSCHROMATOPSIA |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:21:03 GMT |
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| Anomia? |
A FORM OF APHASIA CHARACTERIZED BY PROBLEMS RECALLING WORDS OR NAMES. |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:21:03 GMT |
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| Ataxia? |
LACK OF MUSCLE COORDINATION DURING VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:21:03 GMT |
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| A stroke in the anterior cerebral artery will have an effect on what parts of the brain? |
*FRONTAL LOBE
*PARIETAL LOBE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:21:03 GMT |
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| Expected impairments if a stroke occurs in the Posterior Cerebral Artery? |
*PAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSORY LOSS
*CONTRALATERAL HEMIPLEGIA (CENTRAL AREA)
*ATAXIA, ATHETOSIS OR CHOREIFORM MOVEMENTS
*QUALITY OF MOVEMENT IS IMPAIRED
*THALAMIC PAIN SYNDROME
*ANOMIA
*PROSOPAGNOSIA WITH OCCIPITAL INFARCT
*HEMIBALLISMUS
*VISUAL ANGOSIA
*HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
*MILD HEMIPARESIS
*MEMORY IMPAIRMENT
*DYSCHROMATOPSIA
*PALINOPSIA, MICROPSIA, MACROPSIA
*ALEXIA, DYSLEXIA
*ACHROMATOPSIA |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:47:09 GMT |
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| Expected impairments if a stroke occurs in the Vertebral-Basilar Artery? |
*LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
*HEMIPLEGIA OR TETRAPLEGIA
*COMATOSE OR VEGETATIVE STATE
*INABILITY TO SPEAK
*LOCKED-IN SYNDROME
*VERTIGO
*NYSTAGMUS
*DYSPHAGIA
*DYSARTHRIA
*SYNCOPE
*ATAXIA |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:47:09 GMT |
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| Expected impairments if a stroke occurs in the Anterior Cerebral Artery? |
*LOWER EXTREMITY INVOLVEMENT
*LOSS OF BOWEL AND BLADDER CONTROL
*LOSS OF BEHAVORIAL INHIBITION
*SIGNIFICANT MENTAL CHANGES
*MAY SEE NEGLECT
*MAY SEE APHASIA
*MAY SEE APRAXIA AND AGRAPHIA
*PERSEVERATION |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:47:09 GMT |
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| What are secondary causes of CVA's? |
*OBESITY
*HIGH CHOLESTEROL
*BEHAVIORS RELATED TO HYPERTENSION
*PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
*INCREASED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:47:09 GMT |
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| What are the risk factors for CVA's? |
*HYPERTENSION
*HEART DISEASE
*DIABETES MELLITUS
*CIGARETTE SMOKING
*TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS (TIA) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:37:30 GMT |
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| Where do TIA's most frequently occur? |
CAROTID AND VERTEBROBASILAR ARTERIES |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:37:30 GMT |
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| Approximately 50% of deaths occur within the first 48 hours of this kind of stroke? |
HEMORRHAGE STROKE (10-15% OF CVA'S) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:37:30 GMT |
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| Ischemic? |
AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF BLOOD TO PART OF THE BODY, CAUSED BY PARTIAL OR TOTAL BLOCKAGE OF AN ARTERY |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:37:30 GMT |
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True/False
A thrombus is an atherosclerotic plaque that develops in an artery which eventually occludes the artery? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:13:25 GMT |
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True/False
A thrombus can be a sold, liquid, or gas? |
FALSE
EMBOLUS |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:13:25 GMT |
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True/False
An embolic CVA will often present as a headache? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:13:25 GMT |
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True/False
An embolic CVA often occurs with no warning? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:13:25 GMT |
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| What is the most common artery affected by an embolus? |
MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (MCA) |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:04:13 GMT |
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| An embolus can be in the forms of what? |
*SOLD
*LIQUID
*GAS |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:04:13 GMT |
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| When do thrombotic CVA's usually occur? |
*DURING SLEEP
*UPON AWAKENING
*AFTER A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
*POST-SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:04:13 GMT |
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| A stroke with a gradual onset is caused by what? |
THROMBUS |
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MichaelMorano Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:04:13 GMT |
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