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33 Cards in this Set
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location
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upper motor neuron
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source
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interruption of blood supply
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prevalence
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age, men>women, blacks, southerners
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factors
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fat, smoker, diabetic, alcoholic, druggy
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warnings
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face/limb weakness sudden, weakness, vision, speech, headache, dizzy
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ischemic onset
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85% common, sudden
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ischemic diagnosis
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PET, MRI, CT
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ischemic Tx
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dissolve clot ASAP
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ischemic management
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BP, dieuretics, anticoagulants, statins, botox
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ischemic prognosis
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3m-5y
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middle CVA lobes
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frontal, parietal
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middle CVA features
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contralateral Hemi, aphasia, apraxia, sensory loss
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Broca aphasia
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expressive, L frontal lobe
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Wenicke aphasia
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comprehension, L temporal, L parietal
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posterior CVA lobes
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occipital, thalamus
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thalamic CVA Sx
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sensory, pain
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visual PCVA Sx
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cortical blindess, alexia, agnosia, hemianopsia
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cerebellar CVA Sx
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ipsilateral
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vertebral CVA
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affects brainstem
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vertebral Sx
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bilateral CN Sx, sensory, paralysis
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neuroplasticity
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brain reorganization
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intracerebral hemorrhage
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arterial, deadly
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ICH onset
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spontaneous, hypertension, pregnancy
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primary ICH Sx
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⬆ICP, headache, mental status, coma
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subarachnoid hemorrhage
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bleed into space
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SAH Sx
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headache, mental, consciousness
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SAH cause
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aneurysm, trauma
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SAH Rx
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remove hematoma, resect aneurysm
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Subdural Hematoma Sx
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⬆ICP, BS herniation
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Epidural Hematoma Cause
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trauma tears meningeal artery
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Stroke PT
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sensory, awareness, spasticity inhibition, balance, mobility
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RVA Sx
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L weakness, L neglect, emotion, memory, judgement
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LCVA Sx
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R weakness, apraxia, aphasia
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