Metabolic and Endocrine
Intracranial
Psych and Substances
Cardio-Respiratory
Potpourri
100

Fast onset, with pale, cool & clammy skin

What is Hypoglycemia?

100
Most common cause of stroke
What is blockage/ishemia?
100

Syndrome in alcoholics associated with: confusion, ataxia, occulo-motor dysfunction

What is Wernicke Syndome

100
Medical word for fainting
What is Syncope?
100
Temporary blockage of circulation to part of the brain
What is TIA (transient ischemic attack)?
200
Results in Fruity, sweet acetone breath
What is DKA (Diabetic Ketonacidosis)?
200
Assessment includes testing speech, facial muscles, holding arms out.
What is Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale?
200

Patient with tachycardia, hyperthermia, agitation/combativeness, hallucinations and profound hyponatremia with negative UDS.

What is bath-salts/synthetic cathinone

200
The part of the body helps with balance
What is inner ear?
200
Term to describe one sided weakness
What is Hemiparesis?
300
Slow onset
What is Hyperglycemia?
300
What is the most important treatment for a stroke patient?
What is Oxygen?
300
83yr old female hospitalized for PNA who develops agitation and confusion on the evening of her 3rd day of hospitalization that waxes and wanes.

What is delirium

300
Feels like the room is spinning
What is vertigo?
300
the best known condition that results in seizures
What is Epilepsy?
400
Where insulin is produced
What is Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas?
400
One of the most important questions to ask a person displaying sypmtoms of a stroke
What is "When did your symptoms start?"
400

Patient with sarcoidosis on therapy experiences agitation, irritability, and visual hallucinations

What is corticosteroid induced psychosis

400
Can lead to a patient becoming so anxious in which the patient hyperventilates and causes them to breath faster and deeper. This can cause a patient to pass out.
What is a Panic/anxiety attack?
400
Term meaning spontaneously, with an unknown cause
What is idiopathic?
500
Increases movement of sugar from the bloodstream to the cell
What is Insulin?
500
Most common sign of a stroke
What is weakness or paralysis on one side of the body?
500

Elderly male with urinary incontinence, anxiety, and found to be confused after seeking care from his PCP for seasonal Allergies

What is polypharmacy/anti-cholinergics

500
Stimilation to this nerve can slow vital signs down, causing dizziness, syncope or even death (in older population)
What is vagus nerve?
500
Most common cause of seizure in infants and children 6 months to 3 years of age
What is fever = febrile seizures?
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