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Stroke medicine Flashcards

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What are TIAs?

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  • Focal neurological deficits due to blockage of blood supply to part of the brain
  • Lasting less than 24hrs but in practice these are usually much less
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Risk assessment for TIA to predict short term risk of stroke?

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ABCD2 - but NOT a diagnostic tool

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How is ABCD2 calculated?

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Sum of points of 5 different factors inc:
* Age
* BP
* Clinical features
* Duration of symptoms
* Diabetes?

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Cut off score for ABCD2

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Score of 4 or more = higher risk of stroke

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Management of high risk patients

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  • Prioritised to be seen in TIA clinic or by a stroke physician ASAP
  • Aspirin 300mg daily if suspected TIA started immediatly
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Investigations for TIA

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  • Bloods
  • Carotid doppler
  • CT or MRI
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Treatment for TIA

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  • Lifestyle modifcations
  • Treatment of high cholesterol and HTN
  • Surgical intervention for carotid artery disease
  • Antiplatelets if appropriate
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What is crescendo TIA?

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Two or more TIAs in a week - should be treated for high risk stroke

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Define stroke

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  • Sudden onset of focal neurological deficit
  • Lasting more than 24hrs or with imaging evidence of brain damage (eg infarction shown by emboli, thrombosis or low blood flow or haemorrhage)
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Initial classification of stroke

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  • Haemorrhage
  • Infarct (ischaemic)
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How do we identify vascular territory involved - classification?

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  • Bamford classification and then with brain imaging
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How to classify underlying cause of infarcts?

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TOAST classification

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Classifying underlying causes of bleeds on brain

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  • Primary HTN
  • Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
  • Secondary - eg trauma
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Emergency treatment of stroke

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  • Thrombolysis for ischaemic
  • Anticoagulation reversal or neurosurgical intervention for bleeds
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Types of strokes

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  • TACS
  • PACS
  • LAC
  • POCS
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What us used to classify the symptoms associated with the types of strokes?

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Bamford classification

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Worse stroke type prognosis

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  • TACS - often leave pt with significant weakness
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Assessment tools used for rapid assessment of stroke

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FAST:
* Face (facial drooping)
* Arm (weakness)
* Speech (slurred)
* Time (call 999)
ROSIER
* Rosier scale used to distinguish between stroke and stroke mimic. commonly used in A&E

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What is NIHSS?

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  • NIH stroke scale - used as clinical stroke assessment tool to evaluate and document neuroligcal status in acute stroke patients
  • Measure stroke severity
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15 items on NIHSS

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  • Level of conc
  • Language
  • Neglect
  • Visual field loss
  • Extraocular movement
  • Motor strength
  • Ataxia
  • Dysarthria
  • Sensory loss
21
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Pharmaceutical treatment for identified ischaemic stroke

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Alteplase - thrombolysis

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Timeframe to have alteplase

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  • Within 4.5hrs of onset of stroke
  • Increases likelihood of being functionally independent
  • Does not increase 90 day risk of mortality
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Where should stroke pts be cared for and why?

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  • Organised stroke unit
  • Long term reduction in death dependency and need for institutional care
24
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What should all people presenting with acute stroke who have had haemorrhage excluded by imaging be given?

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  • Aspirin 300mg orally if not dysphagic
  • 300mg rectally or by enteral tube if they are
25
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How long should aspirin 300mg be continued for?

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  • 2 weeks after the onset of symptoms
  • Then long term antithrombolytic agent should be commenced
26
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Restrictions after stroke and TIA

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  • Not permitted to drive for 1 month
  • After this time you can again as long as there is no permanent neurolgical problems
  • If recurrent TIAs cannot drive for 3 months - must be assessed by doctor prior to driving
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How is carotid stenosis quantified?

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  • NASCET - north american symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial criteria
  • ECST - european carotdi surgery trialists collaberative group criteria
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NASCET scoring value to undergo assessment/intervention

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50-99% carotid stenosis with stable neurologicla symptoms from stroke or TIA

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ECST value to undergo assessment/surgery

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70-99% carotid stenosis with stable neurological symptoms from stroke or TIA

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What should those with 50-99% NASCET and 70-99% ECST have?

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  • Assessed and referred for carotid endarterectomy within 1 weeek of onset of stroke/TIA symptoms
  • Undergo surgery within a maximum of 2 weeks from onset of stroke/TIA symptoms
  • Fitness for surgery should be assessed and may be small risk of stroke during surgery
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What are people with severe middle cerebral artery infarction at risk of?

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  • Malignant MCA syndrome
  • Therefore should be considered for decompressive hemicraniectomy if any deterioration in clinical condition eg decrease in conc
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Timing for decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant MCA syndrome risk

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  • Referred within 24hrs of onset of symptoms
  • Treated within max of 48hrs
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Criteria for malignant MCA syndrome decompressive hemicraniectomy

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  • Under 60
  • CT infarct of at least 50% MCA territory
  • NIHSS score above 15
34
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Examples of stroke mimics

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  • Seizures
  • Space occupying lesions
  • Hemiplagic migraine
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Sepsis in those with pre-existing neurologicla weakness
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Risk scoring used to assess if suitable for anticoagulation

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CHADS-VASC 2 score

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When is CHADS-VASC 2 score used?

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Determine if someone is suitable for anticoagulants if they are in atrial fibrillation and at risk of stroke

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What is useful to use alongisde CHADS-VASC 2?

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  • ORBIT
  • HAS-BLED score
  • Both used to assess bleeding risk
38
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Anticoagulation for afib stroke risk

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  • Warfarin
  • DOAC eg apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban
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HAS BLED components

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40
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CHAD VASC 2 components

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41
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Complex decisions made in stroke examples

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  • DNACRPS
  • Commencing enteral feeding eg NG or PEG
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Indication for enteral feeding

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  • Poor swallow following large stroke
  • Without if these patients would aspirate
43
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Decision for enteral feeding is baseed on…

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  • Patient and family preference
  • Quality of life expected with treatment
44
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Risks of NG/PEG tube

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Aspiration - still
Some patients will never be able to tolerate oral intake again

45
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When are NG tubes often inserted?

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  • Post stroke when swallowing is affected
  • Decision to proceed with PEG feeding is often complex decision making process involving family and MDT
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