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Seizures may occur as the result of: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Recent/prior head
injury
-A brain tumor
-Metabolic problems
-Fever
-Genetic disposition
What are the causes of altered mental status? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
Intoxication
-Head injury
-Hypoxia
,-Stroke
-Metabolic disturbances
What is the brain sensitive to changes in? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Oxygen
-Glucose
-Temperature
What are the most common types of headaches? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Tension
-Migraines
-Sinus
What is a stroke also called? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔CVA - Cerebrovascular
accident
What is the main cause of a CVA? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Interruption of blood
flow to an area within the brain. Results in the loss of brain function
What are the two types of strokes? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ischemic and
hemorrhagic
, What is an ischemic stroke? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A stroke caused by blockage
or interrupted blood supply to the brain. Ischemic strokes can be caused by
a thrombus or embolus. Accounts for 87% of strokes.
Which stroke results from thrombosis or an embolus? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Ischemic stroke
What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A stroke that results from
bleeding inside the brain. Often fatal.
Who is at high risk for a hemorrhagic stroke? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Those
experiencing stress, exertion, or who have high blood pressure.
What is an aneurysm? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Swelling or enlargement of the wall
of an artery resulting from a defect or weakening of the arterial wall
How does an aneurysm present? What is it a symptom of? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔As the 'worst headache of their life'. A symptom of a hemorrhagic
stroke.
When a patient has stroke-like symptoms that go away on their own in less
than 24 hrs, what did they experience? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A transient
ischemic attack (TIA)
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