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CVA terms
Complications
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Super OTA
100
meaningless repetitive talk or movement
What is perseveration?
100
A blood clot that typically starts in the leg
What is a DVT?
100
Visual field cut that results in loss of vision closes to the nose
What is binasal hemianopsia?
100
Smoking, obesity, diet and exercise
What are modifiable risk factors?
100
Edema glove or elevation
What is how a COTA could control edema?
200
Laughter, tears, and uncontrolled emotions
What is emotional lability?
200
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia?
200
CVA patient does not recognize his/her own arm.
What is hemi-inattention?
200
Number one modifiable risk factor that causes CVA
What is hypertension?
200
Device used for prevention of deformity
What is a splint?
300
Pillow
What is the positioning device that works best for a hemiplegic arm when the patient is in bed?
300
Fluid in the lungs, causes fever and illness
What is aspiration pneumonia?
300
Blindness in the same half of both eyes
What is homonymous hemianopsia?
300
Gender, Race, and age
What are non-modifiable risk factors?
300
Motor function, ROM, strength, edema just to name a few
What are components addressed in the OT eval?
400
Inability to integrate and utilize perceptions of the hemi side
What is unilateral neglect?
400
Good speech and language comprehension, but speaks slowly and clumsily
What is Broca's aphasia
400
With vision occluded you know the position of your elbow
What is proprioception?
400
Most common cause of a CVA
What is a thrombosis?
400
Motor retraining technique that facilitates or inhibits muscle tone
What is NDT?
500
Cognitive inability to adapt to change
What is rigidity?
500
Tip of the tongue phenomenom
What is anomic aphasia?
500
Loss of the peripheral visual field
What is bitemporal hemianopsia?
500
A CVA on this side will have difficulty with impulsivity
What is a right CVA, or left hemiplegic?
500
Technique used with left homonymous hemianopsia when reading, return to start of the line
What is a red line down the left side of the page?