STROKE
WHAT ASSESSMENT SCALE IS USED TO QUANTIFY NEUROLOGIC DEFICITS IN ACUTE STROKE?
What is the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)?
THIS TEST RECORDS THE BRAIN'S ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY AND IS COMMONLY USED TO EVALUATE SEIZURES
What is an EEG?
THIS MEDICATION IS COMMONLY GIVEN EMERGENTLY TO STOP AN ACTIVE SEIZURE
What is LORAZEPAM "ATIVAN"
THIS CONDITION CAUSES "FLUCTUATING CONFUSION," WORSE AT NIGHT, OFTEN IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
What is DELIRIUM
THE TARGET DOOR-TO-NEEDLE TIME FOR IV THROMBOLYTICS IN ACTUE ICHEMIC STROKE IS:
What is 60 MINUTES or less?
THIS GENERALIZED SEIZURE TYPE IS CHARAZCTERIZED BY SUDDEN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOLOWED BY STIFFENING AND RHYTHMIC JERKING
What is a TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE?
THIS MEDICATION IS FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN AND ALSO USED AS AN ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION
What is GABAPENTIN
What is HYPOGLYCEMIA
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK WHEN EVALUATING A POSSIBLE STROKE PATIENT
A SEIZURE LASTING LONGER THAN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME IS CONSIDERED STATUS EPILEPTICUS
What is 5 MINUTES
THIS ANTICOAGULANT'S EFFECTS CAN BE REVERSED WITH VITAMIN K AND PCC
What is WARFARIN (COUMADIN)
THIS CONDITION CAN MIMIC STROKE BUT RESOLVES WITHIN 24 HOURS
What is A TIA (TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK)
A SUDDEN SEVERE HEADACHE DESCRIBED AS "THE WORST HEADACHE OF MY LIFE (THUNDERCLAP)" MAY INDICATE:
What is a SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE?
A PATIENT REMAINS CONFUSED AND SOMNOLENT FOR 30 MINUTES AFTER A SEIZURE. THIS PHASE IS CALLED:
What is THE POSTICTAL PHASE
THIS COMMON SEIZURE MEDICATION IS FAMOUS FOR CAUSING MOOD CHANGED AND IRRITABILITY
What is KEPPRA
THIS IS THE CLASSIC TRIAD OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
What is HEADACHE, VOMITING, AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
WHAT IS THE GOAL BLOOD PRESSURE SUPPOSED TO BE LESS THAN BEFORE ADMINISTERING TNK?
What is less than 185/110mmHg?
THIS ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITY IS A COMMON REVERSIBLE CAUSE OF SEIZURES IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
What is HYPONATREMIA
THIS IV ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION IS FREQUENTLY USED IN ACUTE STROKE BECAUSE OF ITS RAPID ONSET AND SHORT DURATION
What is NICARDIPINE (CARDENE)
THIS CONDITION CAUSES PROGRESSIVE FLACCID PARALYSIS WITH PRESERVED SENSATION, OFTEN ASCENDING, AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH POST-INFECTIOUS AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSE
What is GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME