Week 202 - Stroke Flashcards
What is silent aspiration?
No external clinical signs, but still aspirating.
What % of stroke ptx have signs of dysphagia?
40%
HOw many muscles and cranial nerves are involved in swallowing?
30 + 5
Which cranial nerves are involved in the swallow?
Glossopharyngeal V Hypoglossal VII Vagus X Facial VII Trigeminal V Cortex and Brainstem
What is dysphagia?
DIFFICULTY in swallowing. Behavioural, sensory, preliminary, motor acts, cognitive awareness, visual recognition, and physiological responses to food.
What is the diff. between dysphagia and dysphasia?
PhaGIA = Gut PhaSIA = speech (think expressive)
Aetiologies of dysphagia?
CVA, Brain injury, PD, MND, Dementia. Head/neck cancer, cleft palate, bad dentures, Pharangeal pouch Accident, surgery COPD Cardic, UTI, Trachi, Systemic weakness Anti-Pyschotics, Sedatives, Xerostomia
What is xerostomia?
Dry mouth
How Many stages are there in the swallow? Can you describe the first two stages?
There are 4 main stages in the swallowing process:
Oral Preparatory Stage, in which the food is chewed (masticated), mixed with saliva, and formed into a cohesive ball (bolus)
Oral Stage, in which the food is moved back through the mouth with a front-to-back squeezing action, performed primarily by the tongue
Pharyngeal Stage, which begins with the pharyngeal swallowing response:
The food enters the upper throat area (above the voice box)The soft palate elevates
The epiglottis closes off the trachea, as the tongue moves backwards and the pharyngeal wall moves forward
These actions help force the food downward to the esophagus.
Esophageal Stage, in which the food bolus enters the esophagus (the tube that transports food directly to the stomach). The bolus is moved to the stomach by a squeezing action of the throat muscles.
An absent cough reflex or the absence of a swallow could indicate what?
Larynx insensate, or vocal cord palsy.
define aspiration
Fluid entering into the trachea past thep oint of the epiglottis
Where woukd you expect aspiration consolidation?
Right lower lobe
The olfactory nerve conveys the sense of ____
smell
Which four cranial nerves are related to the eye?
Optic (II) Oculomotor (III) Trochlear (IV) Abducens (VI)
Lesion of the optic nerve causes
total loss of vision in the affected eye
Bitemporal hemianopia is caused by?
Compression of the optic chiasm
Right homonymous hemianopia is caused from
a lesion of the optic tract
Upper right quadrantanopia is caused by
lesion of the lower fibres of the optic radiation in the temporal lobe
Lower quadrantanopia occurs from a
lesion of the upper fibres of the optic radiation in the anterior part of the parietal lobe.
Right homonymous hemianopia with sparing of the macula is due to
lesion of the optic radiation in the posterior part of the parietal lobe
Nystagmus is what?
Involuntary rhythmic oscillation of the eyes
Inferior rectus draws eye
out and down
Superior oblique draws eye
nasal and down
bilateral ataxic nystagmus is characteristic of demyelinationdue to ___ ______.
Multiple sclerosis.
Examination of vision often involves the assessment of cranial nerves ___ to ___ and their central connections.
II to VIII
During examination of vision you should inspect
inspection visual acuity fields ocular alignment pupillary exam colour vision opthalmoscopy
What is a cardinal feature of thyroid eye disease?
Lid lag - upper lid fails to cover the sclera above the iris
Reduced visual acuity indicates a ____
central visual field defect
Lesions of the macula cause what?
/central scotomas. May be incomplete, allowing px to see through them, but not clearly.
Lesions of peripheral retina will cause what?
Ring scotomas
Lesions of the optic disk will cause what?
arcuate scotomas
Weak eyelid closure indicates an issue with which cranial nerve?
VII
Red desaturation is an early indicator of pathology affecting the _____
Optic nerve
What is the function of the Trigeminal nerve?
Sensation to the face, mouth and part of the dura and motor supply to the muscles of the jaw involved in chewing.
What are the 3 branches of the trigeminal?
Opthalmic Maxillary Mandibular
Unilateral loss of sensation in one or more branches of the V nerve may result from
Facial fracture or local invasion by cancer
Loss of corneal reflex and V1 cutaneous sensory loss are often associated with
Invasion of cancer
which virus can affect the trigeminal ganglion and result in loss of all sensory modalities?
Herpes Zoster
A brisk jaw Jerk occurs when…?
You have bilateral upper motor neurone lesions above the level of the pons.
In unilateral LMN lesion of VII there is ___ of both ____.
weakness of both upper and lower facial muscles.
In unilateral upper motor neurone lesions, facial paresis spares ____
the forehead
Female, 27 yo 34/40. Fit and well. No DG. Transient LOC: Rapid + complete recovery [h/o similar x3 when a teenager]. O/E NAD BP 95/65mmHg. What is this? Which type? Diff diagnoses?
Stroke? Highly unlikely. SYNCOPE - Global TLOC. No risk factors.
Male 78 y/o. HT, NIDDM, Smoker, HD. Sudden onset R hemiparesis with dysphasia. Normal CT [4hr post-event]. O/E h/p + dysphasia. Irregular pulse.
Stroke. L Hemisphere of the brain involved. Pot/Cardiac arrrhythmia, ischaemic affecting middle cerebral artery territory as language functions affected. AF may be a causal factor. Cardio-Embolic potentially.
Female, 52 y/o. 6 weeks evolving HA + personality change. Slowly progressive Lt hemianopia and then Lt Hemiparesis. O/E Lt h/p + Lt VF (visual field) deficit. Swollen optic disks. Abnormal CT scan. Non Smoker BP 130-80 mmHg.
Focal -ve No vascular risk factors Raised disks - unusual. Slow development - most likely a brain tumour. Might be venous stroke - but unlikely as most would have had catastrophe by now.
TAC stroke?
Total anterior circulation stroke Middle and anterior cerebral arteries have been knocked out. Quite extensive hemisphere damage (one side). Terminal arteries of the internal carotid system. 15%
LAC stroke?
Lacunar stroke Lacune = “ a hole”. A pathological term to describe what you see if a small perforating vessel has locked off. These perforating vessels go into the brain substance. You end up with a small hole in the brain (deep). The descending fibres in the internal capsule are very densely located in the white matter. This means that there will be descending fibres affected by localised ischaemia due to a lacunae stroke. Leads to weaknesses. 25% of ischaemic strokes.
PAC stroke?
Partial anterior circulation stroke. Less severe ( better prognosis). Likely in middle cH. 35%
POC stroke?
Posterior circulation stroke. 25% of ischaemic strokes.
What % of strokes are Ischaemic strokes?
85%
What is hemiparesis?
Weakness on a named side of the face
What is a cardio-embolic event?
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Define Dysarthria.
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Define dysphasia.
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What are the main differences identified between monocular and binocular abnormalities?
bASICALLY REFERS TO REGION OF LESION.
Define Dysarthria.
Difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.
Define Dysphasia
A language disorder marked by a deficiency in the generation of speech and sometimes also in its comprehension. This is usually due to brain disease, or damage (i.e as a result of a stroke)
Define: Hemiparesis
Weakness or paralysis (var.) of one side of the body
What is meant by the term Cardio-embolic?
With or of reference to cardiogenic embolism, which accounts for approximately 20% of ischaemic stroke cases annually. This is stroke due to cardiac embolism (likely as the result of a vardiac abonrmalities, i.e. arrythmia or AF), and is largely preventable in primary care if risk factors are accounted for appropriately.