Types of Stroke Left and right sided stroke Prevention and risk factors Clinical manifestations
100
Ischemic and hemorrhagic
The two categories of stroke are...
100
What is right sided
Short attention span
100
What is age, gender, ethnicity or race
Name two nonmodifiable risk factors
100
What is dysphasia
An impaired ability to communicate
200
What is a thrombotic stroke
Formation of a blood clot that occludes a cerebral artery
200
What is left sided
Slow performance and cautious
200
What is hypertension, heart disease, DM, smoking, obesity, sleep apnea, metabolic syndrome, poor diet, drug and alcohol abuse
Name two modifiable risk factors
200
What is receptive aphasia
Loss of comprehension
300
What is an embolic stroke
Lodges in and occludes a cerebral artery
300
What is left sided
Awareness of deficits, often depressed or anxious
300
What is maintain a normal BP, maintain normal body weight, reduce salt and sodium intake, increase level of exercise, avoid cigarette smoking, consume alcohol in moderation and follow a diet low in saturated fat
Name one way to help prevent a stroke
300
What is dysarthria
Impairment in the muscular control of speech
400
What is an intracerebral hemorrhage
Bleeding within the brain caused by a ruptured vessel
400
What is right sided
Denies or minimizes problems
400
What is hypertension
What is the single most important modifiable risk factor?
400
What is akinesia
Loss of skilled voluntary movement
500
What is a subarachnoid hemorrage
This occurs when there is intracranial bleeding into the CSF fluid filled space b/t the arachnoid and pia matter membranes on the surface of the brain
500
What is right sided
Impaired concept of time
500
What is atrial fibrillation
A patient with this heart condition is usually prescribed an anticoagulant to reduce their risk of stroke
500
Agnosia
The inability to recognize an object by sight, touch or hearing






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