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Ischemic
Clinical Manifestations
Hemorrhagic
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
Most common cause of CVA, symptoms may progress in the first 72 hours as infarction and cerebral edema increase
What is Thrombus (blood clot)
100
Communication Manifestations
What are: dysarthria; impairments may involve: pronunciation, articulation, and phonation
100
When a blood vessel breaks open, spilling blood into spaces surrounding neurons; there are two types of this, what are they also
What is hemorrhagic stroke; intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage
100
Visual Field Deficits associated with Stroke
What is homonymous hemianopsia, loss of peripheral vision, diplopia
200
Majority originate in the heart, with plaque breaking off, entering circulation, travels to cerebral circulation, and lodges into a narrow vessel
What is emboli
200
paralyzed right-side hemiplegia, impaired speech/language aphasias, impaired right/left discrimination, slow performance/cautious, aware of deficits: depression and anxiety, impaired comprehension related to language and mathematics manifestations of what side brain damage? What side of brain did stroke occur?
What is left brain damage; stoke occurred on right side of brain
200
Occurs during periods of activity, with a sudden onset of symptoms that progress due to ongoing bleeding
What is intracerebral hemorrhage
200
Verbal deficits that may be presented
What are: expressive aphasia (Broca's aphasia), receptive aphasia, global aphasia, and neologism
200
A total loss of comprehension and use of language
What is Aphasia
300
Continues to live for a short period following ischemia
What is the penumbra: Zone of reversible ischemia around core of dead cells, tx must be administered within 3 hours
300
What are the spatial-perceptual alterations that may occur
What are: incorrect perception of self and illness; Erroneous perception of self in space; Inability to recognize an object by sight, touch, or hearing; Inability to carry out learned sequential movements on command
300
Commonly caused by rupture of a cerebral aneurysm
What is subarchnoid hemorrhage
300
If a patient has homonymous hemianopsia, what side would you place objects in their room on?
What is the unaffected side
300
Disturbance in the muscular control of speech
What is dysarthria
400
Foreign matter traveling through the circulation
What is an embolus
400
Most obvious systemic effect of stroke
What is mobility, respiratory function, swallowing and speech, gag reflex, and self-care abilities
400
Vessel in brain ruptures r/t weak lining of the vessels
What is intracerebral hemorrhage
400
Proprioception Impairment
What is (ex) sitting with crossed legs, stand up but don't realize legs are still crossed
500
2nd most common cause of CVA
What is an embolus
500
Paralyzed left-side hemiplegia, left-sided neglect, spatial-perceptual deficits, tends to deny or minimize problems, rapid performance/short attention span, impulsive/safety problems, impaired judgment, impaired time concepts are all displayed by a patient with what brain damage? what side of the brain did this stroke occur?
What is right-brain damage, stroke occurred on the left side of the brain.
500
worst headache of one's life
What is subarachnoid hemorrhage
500
Primary Preventions
What are: Heart health lifestyle, Diet, Exercise, Low-Dose Aspirin, Non-Smoking
500
Describe the three criteria for formation of thrombosis
What is Virchow's Triad; Damage to walls of vessels Alterations in blood flow Alterations in the constituents in blood