stroke

Question 1

occipital lobes

Answer 1

back of the head responsible for vision

Question 2

periatle lobe

Answer 2

sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain. Speech also.

Question 3

temporal lobe

Answer 3

auditory

some memory and visual

Question 4

Frontal lobe

Answer 4

emotional regulation, planning, reasoning and problem solving occur.
Personality changes.

Question 5

sulci and gyri

Answer 5

increases its surface area and enables more cerebral cortex matter to fit inside the skull

Question 6

where is speech produced

Answer 6

brochas area

Question 7

which side of the brain is assosiated with dysphasea?

Answer 7

left

Question 8

cerebrum

Answer 8

two hemespheres joined by the corpus collosum

Question 9

left sided stroke issues

Answer 9

reading, writing, grammar, listening, numerical, logic, reasoning, retention, decreased awareness of defecits.

Question 10

right sided stroke issues

Answer 10

orginizing infomation, abstract meaning, music, facial reciognition

Question 11

why are left sided stroke patients a falls risk?

Answer 11

they have decreased awareness of defecit

Question 12

what is a haemorrhagic stroke?

Answer 12

Haemorrhagic strokes are caused by a burst artery in the brain.

Question 13

what are the two ways of haemorrhagic stroke occouring

Answer 13

subarachnoid haemorrhages occour in the spaces between the layers where vessels are present.

intracerebral hemorrhages occour inside the brain

Question 14

how do haemorrhagic strokes occour

Answer 14

weakening or dammage to the artery wall

Question 15

what is an Ischaemic stroke?

Answer 15

A sudden loss of circulation to the brain

Question 16

Risk factors of a stroke

Answer 16

Age 55+
Gender- men in middle age have higher risk and women die more from stroke.
Race- Blacks and espanic
Genetics

Question 17

what are the 3 stroke types?

Answer 17

Ischeamic
Hemoragic
TIA attack

Question 18

What are the treatable risk factors of strokes?

Answer 18

Hypertension 
Diabetes
Smoking
warning signs- loss of vision and blackouts
cholestrol imabllance
obeasity

Question 19

Diagnosis of stroke

Answer 19

clincial assessment
blood test
swallow test
ECG
CT
MRI
Ultrasounded doppler
echocardiogram

Question 20

what are the criteria for thrombolysis treatment

Answer 20

thrombolysis treatment: Fluid passed through a catheter under a CT to unblock the clot.

cant be on anti-coagulants
INR greater than 1.7
has to be within 4 hours
2% chance of mortality

Question 21

carotid endarterectomy

Answer 21

removing the clott under surgery from the artery.

Question 22

carotid stenting

Answer 22

fine wire mesh passed into the artery under CT imaging

Question 23

thromectomy

Answer 23

must get to the RVI within 6-8 hours.

catheter passed into artery and clot pulled out

Question 24

common medications

Answer 24

anti-platelets 
anti-coagulants
hypertensive medications
cholestrol lowering
anti-depressants

Question 25

Treatments for stroke

Answer 25

carotid endaryerectomy
thromectomy
carotid stenting
thrombolysis
Rehabillitation

Question 26

MDT involved

Answer 26

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