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Cerebral Infarction Flashcards

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How does stroke risk change with age?

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Increases with age?

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What is an example of public awareness being used to help treat stroke?

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  • Remember FAST
    • Facial weakness
    • Arm weakness
    • Speech problems
    • Time to call 999
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What is the epidemiology of stroke

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5 million strokes each year

2nd leading cause of death worldwide

>15 million non-fatal strokes each year

>50 million stroke/TIA survivors alive

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What is a stroke?

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Sudden onset of focal or global neurological symptoms caused by ischaemia or haemorrhage and lasting more than 24 hours

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What are the 2 different broad categories of strokes?

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Ischaemic stroke (85%) - clot stops blood supply to an area of brain

Haemorrhagic stroke (15%) - haemorrhage / blood leaks into brain tissue

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Are most strokes ischaemic strokes or haemorrhagic strokes?

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Ischaemic (85%)

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What is a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)?

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Term used if symptoms resolve within 24 hours

Ischaemia without infarction

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How long do most TIAs take to resolve?

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Most TIAs resolve within 1 to 60 minutes

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What is the management of TIA

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Aspirin 300mg daily

Start secondary prevention measures for CVS disease

Refered and seen by specialist within 24 hours

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What are the different causes of haemorrhagic stroke?

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1) Primary intracerebral haemorrage
2) Secondary haemorrhage (subarachnoid haemorrhage or arteriovenous malformation)

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What are the different causes of ischaemic stroke?

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1) Large artery atherosclerosis (such as carotid)
2) Cardioembolic (such as atrial fibrillation)
3) Small artery occlusion
4) Undetermined/cryptogenic
5) Rare causes (arterial dissection, venous sinus thrombosis)

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What are some modifiable risk factors for stroke?

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  • Smoking
    • 2x increases risk of cerebral infarction
    • 3x increased risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage
    • Some of the increased risk relates to cardiac problems
  • Obesity
    • Independent risk factor for vascular disease including stroke
  • AF
    • 5x increased risk of embolic stroke
    • Antiplatelets (such as aspirin) have no benefit in reducing ischaemic stroke
    • Anticoagulants (warfarin and COACs) reduce risk by 2/3rds
    • DOACs have less risk of causing bleeding than warfarin
  • Cocaine
  • Diabetes
    • Diabetes increases incidence 3x
  • Hyperlipidaemia
    • Hypertension, smoke and diabetes contribute to LDL-C deposition in arterial walls
    • Risk related to development of atheroma in blood vessel walls
  • Hypertension
    • Most important modifiable risk factor
    • Chronic hypertension exacerbates atheroma and increases involvement of smaller distal arteries
  • No exercise
  • Diet
  • Alcohol
    • Small amounts may decrease stroke risk, heavy drinking increases risk 2.5x
  • Oral contraceptives
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What are some non-modifiable risk factors for stroke?

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  • Previous stroke
  • Age
  • Male
  • Family history
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What can reduce the risk of AF leading to a stroke?

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  • Anticoagulants (warfarin and DOACs) reduce risk by 2/3rds
  • DOACs have less risk of causing bleeding than warfarin
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How do small end arteries coming directly off large arteries have a higher risk of causing stroke?

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Small end arteries coming directly off large arteries experience higher pressure and are at risk of lipohyalinosis (small vessel wall thickening, decreasing luminar diameter) causing:

  • Lacunar ischaemic stroke
  • Small vessel haemorrhages
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What parts of the brain are at particular risk of lipohyalinosis?

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  • Brainstem
  • Basal ganglia
  • Subcortical areas
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What is lipohyalinosis?

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Small vessel wall thickening, decreasing luminar diameter

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What can the circulation of the brain be seperated into?

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Anterior circulation

Posterior circulation

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What is the anterior circulation of the brain composed of?

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What is the posterior circulation of the brain composed of?

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What does the carotid system supply?

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Most of the hesmispheres of the brain and cortical deep white matter

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What does the vertebro-basilar system supply?

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The brainstem, cerebellum and occipital lobes

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Signs and symptoms of stroke should correlate to what?

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Fit in with an artery territory and an area of the brain

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Diagnosis of a stroke should give an answer to what questions?

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  • What is the neurological deficit
  • Where is the lesion
  • What is the lesion
  • Why has the lesion occurred
  • What are the potential complications and prognosis
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What are some frontal lobe functions?

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  • High level cognitive functions
    • Such as abstraction, concentration, reasoning
  • Memory
  • Control of voluntary eye movements
  • Motor control of speech (dominant hemisphere)
  • Motor cortex
  • Urinary continence
  • Emotion and personality
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What are examples of high level cognitive functions?

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  • Such as abstraction, concentration, reasoning
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What are some parietal lobe functions?

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  • Sensory cortex
  • Sensation (identify modalities of touch, pressure, position)
  • Awareness of parts of the body
  • Spatial orientation and visuospatial information (non dominant hemisphere)
  • Ability to perform learning motor tasks (dominant)
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What cortex is found in the parietal lobe?

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Sensory cortex

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What are some temporal lobe functions?

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  • Primary auditory receptive area
  • Comprehension of speech (dominant)
  • Visual, auditory and olfactory perception
  • Important role in learning, memory and emotional affect
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What lobe is the primary auditory receptive area found?

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Temporal lobe

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In what lobe is the visual cortex found?

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Occipital lobe

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What are some occipital lobe functions?

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  • Primary visual cortex
  • Visual perception
  • Involuntary smooth eye movement
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Does does ACA stroke stand for?

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Anterior cerebral artery stroke

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What does MCA stroke stand for?

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Middle cerebral artery stroke

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Where does most weakness occur in a stroke due to the anterior cerebral artery?

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Leg more than arm weakness

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Where does most weakness occur in a stroke due to middle cerebral artery?

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Face and arm more than leg weakness

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Why does a small stroke of deep white matter cause major defects?

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Affects major tracts where fibres are pact closely together, such as spinothalamic tract

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What is the function of the cerebellum?

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Balance and coordination

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What is the brainstem composed of?

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Composed of midbrain, pons and medulla

40
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How many of the cranial nerves arise from the brainstem?

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10 of the 12

41
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Why doo strokes lead to contralateral hemiparesis?

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Due to crossing of cortical tracts in lower medulla

42
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What is hemiparesis?

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Weakness of one entire side of the body

43
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What are some major functions of the brainstem?

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  • Eye movements
  • Breathing
  • Swallowing
  • Heart beat
  • Consciousness
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What is the clinical presentation of stroke?

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  • Motor (clumsy or weak limb)
  • Sensory (loss of feeling)
  • Speech (dysarthria/dysphasia)
  • Neglect/visuospatial problems
  • Vision, loss in one eye (amaurosis fugax) or hemianopia
  • Gazy palsy (inability to move both eyes in a single direction)
  • Ataxia, vertigo, incoordination, nystagmus
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What is gaze palsy?

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Inability to move both eyes in a single direction

46
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What are strokes classified by?

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Oxford community stroke project classification (OSCP)

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What are the different classes of stroke?

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  • Total anterior circulation stroke (TACS)
  • Partial anterior circulation stroke (PACS)
  • Lacunar stroke (LACS)
  • Posterior circulation stroke (POCS)
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What does TACS stand for?

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Total anterior circulation stroke

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What does PACS stand for?

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Partial anterior circulation stroke

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What does LACS stand for?

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Lacunar stroke

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What does POCS stand for?

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Posterior circulation stroke

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What are the requirements for a stroke to be considered LACS?

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53
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What are the requirments for a stroke to be considered PACS?

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54
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What are the requirements for a stroke to be considered TACS?

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Known as full house as effects 3 of 3:

  • Complete hemiparesis/numbness
  • Loss of vision on one side (hemianopia)
  • Loss of awareness on one side (inattention) non-dominant or dysphasia dominant
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What are the requirments for a stroke to be considered POCS?

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What does a stroke in the right hemisphere cause?

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  • Left hemiplegia, homonymous hemianopia, neglect syndromes (agnosias)
    • Visual agnosia
    • Sensory agnosia
    • Anosagnosia (denial of hemiplegia)
    • Prospagnosia (failure to recognise faces)
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In general, blockage of a what causes TACS?

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Main artery to one hemisphere

58
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What is TACS often due to?

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59
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In general, blockage of a what causes PACS?

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Branch of main artery

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In general, blockage of a what causes LACS?

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Small perforating artery

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What is the clinical presentation of LACS?

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Weakness/numbness of:

  • Face and arm and leg
  • Or face and arm
  • Or arm and leg

May have dysarthria

Ataxic hemiparesis

No affect on higher function, will not have dysphasia, inattention or hemianopia

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What is nonoparesis?

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Weakness to one limb

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Blockage to what causes POCS?

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Any posterior artery

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What is the clinical presentation of POCS?

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  • Loss of balance/coordination
  • Vertigo
  • Double vision
  • Dysarthria
  • Visual loss (hemianopia)
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What is the medical term for vision loss?

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Hemianopia

66
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Where does basilar artery occlusion cause ischaemia?

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Ischaemia in pons

67
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Describe the clinical presentation of basilar artery occlusion?

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Predominantly motor/oculomotor signs/symptoms

Bilateral but asymmetrical

Alteration in level of consciousness common:

  • May progress over 12 to 24 months

May present as reduced responsiveness

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What kind of stroke has the worst mortality?

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1) TACS
2) POCS
3) PACS
4) LACS

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What are some conditions that stroke mimics?

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70
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What are the symptoms of stroke?

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71
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What is migraine with aura?

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Recurring headache that strikes after or at the same time as sensory disturbances called aura

72
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Why does migraine aura occur with stroke?

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  • Due to cortical spreading depression
73
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What occurs in migraine aura?

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  • Visual disturbances
    • Scintillating scotomata
    • Geometric patterns
    • Positive symptoms
  • Can include sensory, motor or speech disturbance
  • Headache onset can be >1 hour after the end of the aura or no headache
74
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What is functional anxiety disorder?

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Are able to accomplish tasks and appear to function well in social situations but internally they are feeling the same symptoms as anxiety disorder

75
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What anxiety disorder do some people get after stroke?

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Functional anxiety disorder

76
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What is Hoover’s sign?

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  • When pressure is felt in the paretic leg when the non-paretic leg is raised and no pressure is felt in the non-paretic leg when the paretic leg is being raised
77
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What is the clinical presentation of acute vestibular syndrome?

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  • Can be very disabling
  • Vertigo
  • Nystagmus
    • Unidirectional, increase in intensity when patient looks in direction of fast phase
  • Vomiting
  • MRI can be helpful
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What are the aims of therpies for stroke?

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  • Restored blood supply
  • Prevent extension of ischaemic damage
  • Protect vulnerable brain tissue
79
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What are some potential therapies for stroke?

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  • Aspirin
  • Heparin
  • Neuroprotectant
  • Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA)

Intra-arterial therapy/thrombectomy

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What does TPA stand for?

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Tissue plasminogen activator

81
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What does NNT mean?

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Number needed to treat to prevent 1 death or dependent

82
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What is the best treatment for stroke?

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Thrombectomy

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What professionals are found in stroke clinics?

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  • Clinical staff
  • Stroke nurses
  • Physiotherapists
  • Speech and language therapists
  • Occupational therapists
  • Dietician
  • Psychologist
  • Orthoptist
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What is the criteria for TPA use?

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  • <4.5 hours from symptom onset
  • Disabling neurological deficit
  • Symptoms present more than 60 minutes
  • Consent obtained
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What is the exclusion criteria for IV TPA?

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  • Anything that increases probability of haemorrhage
    • Blood on CT scan
    • Recent surgery
    • Recent episodes of bleeding
    • Coagulation problems
  • BP > 185 systolic or >110 diastolic
  • Glucose <2.8 or >22mmol/L
86
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How do the benefits of TPA change with time?

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Decreases with time, whilst harm increases

87
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What should be used with medical treatment for strokes?

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Endovascular treatment

88
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What can the risk of stroke recurrence be reduced by?

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  • Antiplatelet
  • Antihypertensive
  • Statins and endarterectomy
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What is an example of a endarterectomy?

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Example of endarterectomy is carotid endarterectomy (used for internal carotid artery stenosis)

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What investigations are done for stroke?

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  • All/most patients:
  • Routine blood tests
    • FBC, glucose, lipids, ESR…
  • CT or MRI head scan
    • Infarct vs haemorrhage
  • ECG and holter
    • Look for AF, LVH
  • Carotid Doppler ultrasound
    • Look for stenosis
  • Some patients:
  • Echocardiogram
    • Valves, ASD, VSD, PFO
  • Cerebral angiogram/venogram
    • Vasculitis
  • Hyper-coagulable blood screen

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