Stroke (Exam 3) questions with
correct answers
Maybe review slide 3 with history/stats of strokes
We are doing better at identifying stroke now than we used to. We have a lot of people living
after a stroke now. This means that 1/3 live with permanent disabilities and ¼ require long term
care. - correct answer ✔✔
What is another term for stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Brain attack
What is a stroke?
What are the two types? - correct answer ✔✔ Occurs when there is ischemia to part of the
brain or hemorrhage into the brain that result in the death of brain cells.
Types:
-Ischemic
-Hemorrhagic
What is an ischemic stroke?
What are the types? - correct answer ✔✔ Results from inadequate blood flow to the brain from
partial or complete occlusion of an artery. Nearly 80% of strokes are ischemic.
Types:
-Thrombotic
-Embolic
,What is a thrombotic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ The process of clot formation in a narrowing
of the lumen, which blocks the passage of blood through the artery
What is an embolic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ An embolus is a blood clot or other debris
circulating in the blood. When it reaches an artery in the brain that is too narrow to pass
through, it lodges there and blocks the flow of blood.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
What are the types? - correct answer ✔✔ A burst blood vessel that allows the blood to seep
into and damage the brain tissues until clotting shuts off the leak
Types:
-Intracerebral (ICH)
-Subarachnoid (SAH)
What is an intracerebral hemorrhagic (ICH) stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Burst/bleeding within
the brain
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhagic (SAH) stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Burst/bleeding within
the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes on the
surface of the brain. Commonly caused by a rupture of a cerebral aneurysm.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)? - correct answer ✔✔ A transient episode of
neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, but without acute
infarction of the brain. Symptoms usually last less than an hour.
See the picture of the types of strokes on page 5 and 6! :) - correct answer ✔✔
, Do more men or women have thrombotic strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Men more than women
30-50% have TIA warnings
S/S develop slowly, often during or after sleep
Do more men or women have embolic strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Men more than women
Usually no TIA warnings
S/S develop rapidly
Lack of relationship to activity
Do more men or women have ICH strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Slightly higher in women
25% have HA warnings
Onset over 24 hrs
Usually with activity
Prognosis poor, fatality more likely w/ coma
Do more men or women have SAH strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
correct answers
Maybe review slide 3 with history/stats of strokes
We are doing better at identifying stroke now than we used to. We have a lot of people living
after a stroke now. This means that 1/3 live with permanent disabilities and ¼ require long term
care. - correct answer ✔✔
What is another term for stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Brain attack
What is a stroke?
What are the two types? - correct answer ✔✔ Occurs when there is ischemia to part of the
brain or hemorrhage into the brain that result in the death of brain cells.
Types:
-Ischemic
-Hemorrhagic
What is an ischemic stroke?
What are the types? - correct answer ✔✔ Results from inadequate blood flow to the brain from
partial or complete occlusion of an artery. Nearly 80% of strokes are ischemic.
Types:
-Thrombotic
-Embolic
,What is a thrombotic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ The process of clot formation in a narrowing
of the lumen, which blocks the passage of blood through the artery
What is an embolic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ An embolus is a blood clot or other debris
circulating in the blood. When it reaches an artery in the brain that is too narrow to pass
through, it lodges there and blocks the flow of blood.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
What are the types? - correct answer ✔✔ A burst blood vessel that allows the blood to seep
into and damage the brain tissues until clotting shuts off the leak
Types:
-Intracerebral (ICH)
-Subarachnoid (SAH)
What is an intracerebral hemorrhagic (ICH) stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Burst/bleeding within
the brain
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhagic (SAH) stroke? - correct answer ✔✔ Burst/bleeding within
the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes on the
surface of the brain. Commonly caused by a rupture of a cerebral aneurysm.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)? - correct answer ✔✔ A transient episode of
neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, but without acute
infarction of the brain. Symptoms usually last less than an hour.
See the picture of the types of strokes on page 5 and 6! :) - correct answer ✔✔
, Do more men or women have thrombotic strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Men more than women
30-50% have TIA warnings
S/S develop slowly, often during or after sleep
Do more men or women have embolic strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Men more than women
Usually no TIA warnings
S/S develop rapidly
Lack of relationship to activity
Do more men or women have ICH strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
Do S/S develop quickly? - correct answer ✔✔ Slightly higher in women
25% have HA warnings
Onset over 24 hrs
Usually with activity
Prognosis poor, fatality more likely w/ coma
Do more men or women have SAH strokes?
Are there TIA warnings?
