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Stroke & Vascular Disorders Flashcards

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What are the clinical signs of a stroke?

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  • Sudden onset
  • Focal neurological deficit
  • Vascular origin
  • Symptoms >24 hrs or leading to death
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What are symptoms lasting

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).

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What is another term for a stroke?

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Cerebral apoplexy.

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What is a stroke?

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Sudden disease due to vascular lesion in the brain.

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What are the 2 types of stroke?

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  • Infarction (85%)

- Haemorrhage (15%)

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What is the pathophysiology for an acute ischemic stroke?

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Initial reduction in cerebral blood flow&raquo_space; ischaemia & cellular necrosis.

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What is the average cerebral blood flow (CBF)?

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800ml/min.

15% cardiac output

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Why does blocking blood flow to the brain lead to relatively rapid cellular failure?

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The brain cannot store energy.

-neurones require a constant supply of ATP

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What happens to the amount of O2 extracted from the blood if flow is reduced?

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Amount of O2 extracted increases.

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What happens to blood vessels when paCO2 increases?

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Vessels dilate with increased paCO2.

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What is the sole substrate for cerebral metabolism?

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Glucose.

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How is glucose metabolised?

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  • Glycolytic sequence

- TCA/Krebs cycle

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What is the glucose threshold for normal cerebral function?

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> 20 ml/100g/min

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What are the glucose thresholds for cerebral ischaemia (ml/100g/min)?

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12-20&raquo_space; electrical function impaired.
8-12&raquo_space; release K+ and water movement.
> cell death.

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What are the layers of ischaemia in a brain?

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Core
» penumbra
» oligemia
» normal tissue

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What are the 3 stages following an occlusion?

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  • Auto-regulation
  • Impaired perfusion reserve
  • Ischaemia
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What happens during auto-regulation?

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  • Decreased cerebral perfusion pressure

- Increased vessel volume

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What happens during impaired perfusion reserve?

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  • Decreased cerebral blood flow & perfusion pressure

- Increased O2 extraction

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What happens during ischaemia?

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Maximum O2 threshold crossed:

-decreased cerebral metabolic rate

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At what stages following an occlusion do symptoms start?

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Ischaemia.

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What are the causes of an ischaemic stroke? (2)

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  • Thrombosis

- Embolism

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Where are thromboses that cause ischaemic stroke?

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  • Large arteries (extra-cranial)

- Small arteries (intra-cranial)

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Where do emboli that cause ischaemic stroke originate?

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  • HEART (cardiogenic embolism)

- PROXIMAL ARTERIES (artery to artery embolism)

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What is the main mechanism for ischaemic stroke?

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Large vessel atherosclerosis (40%).

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What is the most common cause of cardiac embolism?
Atrial fibrillation.
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What is warfarin used for?
2* prevention after TIA or minor stroke.
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What does F.A.S.T. stand for (public posters)?
Face Arms Speech Time
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What is a 'recombinant tissue plasminogen activator' (rt-PA)?
IV thrombolysis agent used for acute stroke.
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When is IV thrombolysis not always effective?
For clots in deep cerebral artery.
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What type of occlusion accounts for 18-25% of all ischaemic stroke, but 60-70% of deaths/disability?
Proximal anterior circulation large vessel occlusion.
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What are 'stentrievers'?
Stents placed across occlusion in acute stroke. Most of clot attaches >> improve efficacy of IV.
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What is the modified rankin scale?
Measure of disability after stroke. | - 0 (no symptoms) >> 6 (death)
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What is a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)?
Neurological deficit lasting
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How long do most TIAs last?
> brain damage
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What are the vascular risk factors? (3)
- Carotid/large artery disease - Cerebral small vessel disease - Cardiac embolism -NB same as stroke
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What proportion of strokes are preceded by TIAs?
20%
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What are the main TIA mimics? (4)
- Seizures - Syncope - Hypoglycaemia - Migraine
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What are symptoms of TIA in anterior circulation? (4)
- Amarausis fugax - Dysphasia - Apraxia - Inattention
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What is amarausis fugax?
Temporary loss of vision in one eye.
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What are symptoms of TIA in posterior circulation? (4)
- Ataxia - Diplopia - Vertigo - Bilateral symptoms
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What is ataxia?
Loss of control of movements.
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What are symptoms of TIA in either posterior or anterior circulation?
- Visual field disturbance - Hemiparesis - Hemisensory loss - Dysarthria
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What is the ABCD2 score used to calculate?
Risk of TIA leading to a stroke.
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What are the 5 factors of an ABCD2 score?
- Age - BP - Clinical features - Duration symptoms - Diabetes
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What are the risks of stroke for different ABCD2 scores?
5 = high risk
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What is the risk of stroke with 'recurrent "crescendo" TIAs'?
High risk regardless of ABCD2 score.
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What are the most effective 2* preventions for TIAs? (5)
- Warfarin - Diet - Exercise - Stop smoking - Aspirin
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Polypill combines many medications to possibly reduce stroke risk. What drugs does it contain? (4)
- Statin - Aspirin - Antihypertensives - Folic acid
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What is a 2* vascular prevention of stroke?
Carotid endarterectomy. | -for carotid territory TIA
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What are the risks of a carotid endarterectomy?
Stroke/death | Nerve palsy
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What is the intervention for an occluded carotid artery?
No intervention - technically impossible.
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What is the 3rd most common cause of death in the UK?
Stroke.
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What weaknesses do strokes cause?
- Contralateral weakness of LIMBS | - Weakness of OROPHARYNGEAL muscles (>> dysarthria & incoordination of swallowing)
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Where is Broca's area located?
Infero-lateral frontal lobe.
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What does damage to Broca's area cause?
Stilted speech/expressive dysphasia. - difficulty finding words - reading & writing relatively intact
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Where is Wernicke's area located?
Left posterior superior temporal lobe.
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What does damage to Wernicke's area cause?
Fluent flow of speech, but neologisms (made up words) & mistake words (e.g. yes/no). -Reading & writing impaired
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What happens to BP after a stroke?
Rises acutely, then may settle within days.
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When is anti-hypertensive treatment recommended after acute stroke? (4)
- Intracerebral haemorrhage wuth systolic BP > 200 - Hypertensive encephalopathy - Aortic dissection - Eclampsia
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How is swallowing assessed?
- Give teaspoon of water - Give 2 more - Give 50 ml water - No drooling >> SAFE. - Drooling/coughing at any point >> UNSAFE >> NG tube
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What are possible complications associated with strokes?
- ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA (NG tube not completely protective) - DVT - PRESSURE ULCERS - SHOULDER SUBLAXATION (muscle weakness/neglect) - PAIN - INCONTINENCE
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Why do strokes cause pain?
Damage to sensory cortex >> contralateral disturbance.
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What are the 2 types of pain phenomena caused by strokes?
- Positive phenomena (paraesthesia, burning pain) | - Negative phenomena (decreased sensation)
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How is pain due to stroke treated?
Pregabalin & Gabapentin. | -paracetamol/NSAIDs don't work
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How should DVT be treated?
- Consider low molecular weight heparin. | - Warfarin for 6 months.
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How may patients compensate for weakness on affected side?
Increased use of unaffected side. | -neglect affected side
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What happens physiologically in the first few days after stroke?
Natural recovery. - Resolution of oedema - Reperfusion of ischaemic penumbra
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What happens physiologically in the weeks/months following a stroke?
Neuronal plasticity & cortical remodelling. - dendrite sprouting - synaptic remodelling.
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Where is input from the right half of the visual field processed?
In the left hemisphere.
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When does neglect occur and what senses does it affect?
Right parietal lobe stroke. | -visual & somatosensory
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What is neglect due to?
Failure to attend to left side.
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What is agnosias?
Inability to interpret senses & recognise things.
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What is prosopoagnosia?
Type of agnosia. | >> inability to recognise faces
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What is dyspraxia?
Loss of ability to conceptualise/plan a sequence of motor actions. - loss of cortical pathways - e.g. difficulty walking
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What are possible anatomical lesions leading to dyspraxia? (2)
- Left inferior parietal lobe | - Supplementary motor area
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What are the symptoms of spastic hemiparetic gait?
- Stiff legged - Short, slow steps - Risk of falls
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What may cause a painful hand after a stroke?
Spasticity - hypereexcitability of stretch reflex.
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What are symptoms of hand spasticity?
- Loss of function - Unable to maintain hygiene - Pain
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How is hand spasticity managed?
- Physiotherapy | - Drugs (botulinum toxin, baclofen)

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