MED SURG EXAM 3; Stroke questions
with verified answers
stroke is considered a medical emergency therefore ______________ is critical - correct answer
✔✔ time
FAST - correct answer ✔✔ Face
Arms
Speech
Time
______________ risk factors:
-age: increases with age >65
-gender: men have more strokes, women die more often
-ethnicity: AA have twice the incidence- linked to increased incidence of underlying
factors/comorbidities
-family HX - correct answer ✔✔ nonmodifiable
_________________ risk factors:
-HTN
-A.fib
-smoking
-medications
-obesity
-stress
,-CVD
-diabetes
-physical inactivity
-alcohol
-high blood cholesterol - correct answer ✔✔ modifiable
transient episode of neurologic dysfunction- happens when BF to a part of the brain is blocked
-symptoms last less than 1 hour
-warning sign
-S+S dependent on BV and area of brain that is ischemic: temporary loss of vision in one eye,
hemiparesis, numbness, inability to speak, vertigo, ataxia, dysphagia, blurred vision
-treated as a medical emergency- may be placed on ASA - correct answer ✔✔ transient
ischemic attack
scoring device used to determine whether a patient should be admitted into the hospital or not
- correct answer ✔✔ ABCD-2 Score
ABCD-2 stands for - correct answer ✔✔ Age
Blood Pressure
Clinical Features
Duration
Diabetes
>6= 8% risk of stroke within 2 days
<4= 1% risk fo stroke within 2 days
______________ + is typically hospitalized (provider decision) - correct answer ✔✔ 4
, types of stroke - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic
hemorrhagic
thombotic
embolic - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic strokes
most common type of ischemic stroke (60%)- part of the brain gets injured because artery that
normally supplies BF is blocked
-BF is reduced or completely stops
-typically due to a plaque - correct answer ✔✔ thombotic
type of ischemic stroke where symptoms are more severe- occurs suddenly and blood clot or
embolus forms in another part of the body and moves to block artery supplying the brain -
correct answer ✔✔ embolic
Ateriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Aneurysm - correct answer ✔✔ hemorrhagic stroke
cluster of abnormally form dBF and any one of the BV can rupture and cause bleeding in the
brain - correct answer ✔✔ arteriovenous malformation
saclike protrusion- continues to weaken until it ruptures and causes bleeding - correct answer
✔✔ aneurysm
major causes of ______________ strokes:
-HTN
-heavy lifting or strain
-blood thinners - correct answer ✔✔ hemorrhagic
with verified answers
stroke is considered a medical emergency therefore ______________ is critical - correct answer
✔✔ time
FAST - correct answer ✔✔ Face
Arms
Speech
Time
______________ risk factors:
-age: increases with age >65
-gender: men have more strokes, women die more often
-ethnicity: AA have twice the incidence- linked to increased incidence of underlying
factors/comorbidities
-family HX - correct answer ✔✔ nonmodifiable
_________________ risk factors:
-HTN
-A.fib
-smoking
-medications
-obesity
-stress
,-CVD
-diabetes
-physical inactivity
-alcohol
-high blood cholesterol - correct answer ✔✔ modifiable
transient episode of neurologic dysfunction- happens when BF to a part of the brain is blocked
-symptoms last less than 1 hour
-warning sign
-S+S dependent on BV and area of brain that is ischemic: temporary loss of vision in one eye,
hemiparesis, numbness, inability to speak, vertigo, ataxia, dysphagia, blurred vision
-treated as a medical emergency- may be placed on ASA - correct answer ✔✔ transient
ischemic attack
scoring device used to determine whether a patient should be admitted into the hospital or not
- correct answer ✔✔ ABCD-2 Score
ABCD-2 stands for - correct answer ✔✔ Age
Blood Pressure
Clinical Features
Duration
Diabetes
>6= 8% risk of stroke within 2 days
<4= 1% risk fo stroke within 2 days
______________ + is typically hospitalized (provider decision) - correct answer ✔✔ 4
, types of stroke - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic
hemorrhagic
thombotic
embolic - correct answer ✔✔ ischemic strokes
most common type of ischemic stroke (60%)- part of the brain gets injured because artery that
normally supplies BF is blocked
-BF is reduced or completely stops
-typically due to a plaque - correct answer ✔✔ thombotic
type of ischemic stroke where symptoms are more severe- occurs suddenly and blood clot or
embolus forms in another part of the body and moves to block artery supplying the brain -
correct answer ✔✔ embolic
Ateriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Aneurysm - correct answer ✔✔ hemorrhagic stroke
cluster of abnormally form dBF and any one of the BV can rupture and cause bleeding in the
brain - correct answer ✔✔ arteriovenous malformation
saclike protrusion- continues to weaken until it ruptures and causes bleeding - correct answer
✔✔ aneurysm
major causes of ______________ strokes:
-HTN
-heavy lifting or strain
-blood thinners - correct answer ✔✔ hemorrhagic
