CHAMBERLAIN NR 325 EXAM 2
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Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language aphasia;
impaired right/left discrimination; slow performance/cautious,;
depression/anxiety; impaired comprehension. - Answer: Left-
Sided
Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits;
denying/minimizing; rapid performance/short attention;
impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time. - Answer:
Right-sided
_____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke. - Answer:
CT; CT angiogram; CT/MRI perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI;
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
_____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke. -
Answer: Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin
time; CBC (including platelets); Electrolyte panel with blood
,glucose; Lipid profile; Renal and hepatic studies
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is used to
produce localized fibrinolysis by binding to the fibrin in the
thrombi, and is the immediate treatment for _____ _____. -
Answer: Ischemic stroke
Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to 48 hours
after the onset of an _____ stroke. - Answer: ischemic
Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in
patients with _____ strokes. - Answer: hemorrhagic
The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is the
management of hypertension. - Answer: hemorrhagic
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial physical
disruption of the spinal cord. - Answer: primary injury
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes, such
as ischemia, hypoxia, hemorrhage, edema - Answer: secondary
injury
, _____ _____ may occur shortly after acute SCI. It is
characterized by loss of deep tendon and sphincter reflexes, loss
of sensation, and flaccid paralysis below the level of injury. -
Answer: Spinal shock
_____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory and
motor function below the level of injury. - Answer: Complete
cord
_____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of voluntary
motor activity and sensation and leaves some tracts intact. -
Answer: Incomplete cord
SCI at C1-C3 - Answer: Often fatal; Movement in neck and
above, loss of innervation to diaphragm, absence of
independent respiratory function
SCI at C4 - Answer: Sensation and movement in neck and above;
May be able to breathe without ventilator
SCI at C5 - Answer: Full neck, partial shoulder, back, biceps;
Gross elbow, inability to roll over or use hands; ↓ Respiratory
LATEST UPDATE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language aphasia;
impaired right/left discrimination; slow performance/cautious,;
depression/anxiety; impaired comprehension. - Answer: Left-
Sided
Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits;
denying/minimizing; rapid performance/short attention;
impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time. - Answer:
Right-sided
_____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke. - Answer:
CT; CT angiogram; CT/MRI perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI;
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
_____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke. -
Answer: Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin
time; CBC (including platelets); Electrolyte panel with blood
,glucose; Lipid profile; Renal and hepatic studies
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is used to
produce localized fibrinolysis by binding to the fibrin in the
thrombi, and is the immediate treatment for _____ _____. -
Answer: Ischemic stroke
Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to 48 hours
after the onset of an _____ stroke. - Answer: ischemic
Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in
patients with _____ strokes. - Answer: hemorrhagic
The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is the
management of hypertension. - Answer: hemorrhagic
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial physical
disruption of the spinal cord. - Answer: primary injury
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes, such
as ischemia, hypoxia, hemorrhage, edema - Answer: secondary
injury
, _____ _____ may occur shortly after acute SCI. It is
characterized by loss of deep tendon and sphincter reflexes, loss
of sensation, and flaccid paralysis below the level of injury. -
Answer: Spinal shock
_____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory and
motor function below the level of injury. - Answer: Complete
cord
_____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of voluntary
motor activity and sensation and leaves some tracts intact. -
Answer: Incomplete cord
SCI at C1-C3 - Answer: Often fatal; Movement in neck and
above, loss of innervation to diaphragm, absence of
independent respiratory function
SCI at C4 - Answer: Sensation and movement in neck and above;
May be able to breathe without ventilator
SCI at C5 - Answer: Full neck, partial shoulder, back, biceps;
Gross elbow, inability to roll over or use hands; ↓ Respiratory
