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43 Cards in this Set
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What is an injury to the brain caused by interruption of its blood flow? What is the general hallmark symptom?
What is the abrupt onset of focal neurological deficients that resolve within less than one hour? What are they an important warning sign for? |
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What accounts for the great majority of strokes? What are the different types? |
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What is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability?
Over half of stroke survivors are what sex? |
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Where are the highest death rates from stroke in the US? Hmmm... take a wild guess. |
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What are the four non-modifiable risk factors for stroke? |
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What are all of these? |
Modifiable risk factors for stroke |
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Which modifiable risk factors carries the highest risk? |
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What is the difference between cerebral infarction from selective ischemic necrosis?
How much energy does the brain consume every minute? In the absence of blood supply, each 100 g of brain ha sufficient energy stores to last how long? |
2.5 minutes |
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With loss of blood supply, brain energy stores are depleted through the metabolism of _____ via what pathways? What accumulates?
What is a goal for acute stroke intervention? |
Normalize elevated body temperatures and to rapidly treat hyperglycemia. |
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Ischemic core suffers irreversible injury within ____ hour or less while the area of the ischemic penumbra may survive for several hours. What is the therapeutic window for acute stroke? |
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Interpret |
I'm too lazy to type out the details. It's Saturday. |
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What are these? |
Neurologic deficits that are commonly produced by a stroke |
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Which arteries are anterior circulation? Which are posterior circulation?
Which vessels are involved in large vessel stroke? Small vessel? |
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Important areas supplied by MCA |
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What areas are affected by the ACA and PCA? |
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What do the vertebral/basillar arteries supply? |
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Review in KREBS |
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What will you see with Pontine Stroke Syndrome? |
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What symptoms will you see with midbrain stroke syndrome? What arteries are involved? |
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What are these all signs/symptoms of? |
Anterior circulation stroke |
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What is this man suffering from? |
Anterior circulation stroke |
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What are these all sign/symptoms of? |
Posterior circulation stroke |
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What is this man suffering from? |
Posterior circulation stroke |
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What are lacunar strokes? What are the four symptoms? |
Pure hemisensory defects also commonly occur with lacunas involving VPL nucleus of the thalamus |
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What is all this mess? |
Ischemic stroke differential diagnoses |
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What is this? |
All causes of ischemic stroke |
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What are the common sires of formation of atherothrombotic plaques? |
Origins of the carotid and vertebral arteries, bifurcation of the common carotid artery, the internal carotid artery at the carotid siphon, and the branch points of the middle and anterior cerebral arteries. M1 segment of MCA. |
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What are the four components of the pathogenesis of a lacunar stroke? |
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What are some common causes of cardiogenic emboli? |
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What are some uncommon causes of cardiogenic emboli? |
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What is CNS vasculitis? What is the neurologic presentation?
What is the radiologic appearance? |
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What are these all causes of?
What can giant cell arteritis cause if untreated? |
CNS vasculitis
Strokes => blindness Responds well to corticosteroid therapy early |
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What are all these? What can they cause? |
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What can all of these cause? |
Drug related stroke |
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What are these? |
Other causes of stroke |
