Diagnoses
A brief neurologic impairment resulting from a temporary blockage of blood to the brain.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
The term for the absence of speech.
What is aphasia?
The test typically used to definitively diagnose a CVA.
What is a CT Scan?
This term refers to a weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery.
What is a cerebral aneurysm?
This type of CVA occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or significantly slowed.
What is an ischemic stroke?
What does the FAST acronym in CVA identification stand for?
Face, Arms, Speech, Time – Call 911, arrive in ambulance
The intended therapeutic effect of tPA given in an acute CVA.
What is to lyse (break down) a thrombus (clot) and reverse stroke symptoms?
This result of a right hemisphere infarct causes patients to lose awareness of the left side of the environment and even the left side of their bodies.
What is unilateral neglect?
A disorder causing disruption of blood flow to the brain resulting in brain cell death.
What is a cerebrovascular accident or CVA commonly called a stroke?
The term for paralysis on one side of the body.
What is hemiplegia?
The surgery performed to remove an occlusion in the carotid artery.
What is a carotid endarterectomy?
The most common symptom of this serious brain disorder is a sudden onset of a SEVERE headache.
What is a ruptured cerebral aneurysm?
This type of CVA is caused by an embolism that becomes lodged in a cerebral artery.
What is an embolic stroke?
The name for the tissue surrounding an area of damage in the brain. Hint: It starts with "P"
What is a penumbra?
A patient with this type of CVA is NOT a candidate for thrombolytic therapy aka "clot busters".
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This complication of a subarachnoid hemorrhage typically requires the placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunt
What is hydrocephalus?
This type of CVA results from a rupture of a cerebral blood vessel with bleeding into the brain tissue
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
The term for the emotional lability / instability seen in patients after a CVA.
What is the pseudobulbar affect?
The goal of rehabilitation after a CVA.
What is maximize the patient's remaining abilities?
This perceptual problem associated with a CVA involves loss of one side of field of vision
What is homonymous hemianopsia?