Quiz 3- Stroke questions with correct
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Strokes are the ____ leading cause of death in the US - correct answer ✔✔ 3rd
1/5 of strokes occur in people under the age of - correct answer ✔✔ 65
______ of stroke victims are left with all functions unimpaired - correct answer ✔✔ 10%
___ of patients are unable to function independently - correct answer ✔✔ 30%
_______ first named the strokes of sudden onset of paralysis, loss of consciousness or sudden
death - correct answer ✔✔ Hippocrates
Struck down violently - correct answer ✔✔ Apoplexy
What are other names for a stroke over evolution? - correct answer ✔✔ -Apoplexy
-CVA
-Stroke
-Ischemic stroke
-Hemorrhagic stroke
-Intracerebral hemorrhage
-brain attack
, What anatomist from Switzerland first differentiated of concisely explained stroke
pathophysiology in terms of blockage or bleeding of a brain artery - correct answer ✔✔ Johann
Jacob Wepfer
TIA is considered a _______ event - correct answer ✔✔ time-based
_______, or mini stroke, only lasts for a few minutes with a neurological deficit for less than 24
hours with a lack of blood flow without tissue death - correct answer ✔✔ Transient ischemic
attack
Infarct in the brain that lasts longer than 24 hours and less than 72 hours - correct answer ✔✔
Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (RIND)
Ischemia to parts of cerebral hemispheres of brain stem lasting from a few minutes to several
hours (less than 24) with complete recovery - correct answer ✔✔ TIA/ TIE
What causes TIA/TIE? - correct answer ✔✔ atheroma or the carotid or vertebral arteries and
embolization of platelets or cholesterol
Sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen with permanent neurological deficit and
recovery can take months or years, if there is recovery at all - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke
-Cerebrovascular accident
Symptoms of sudden onset, considered unstable - correct answer ✔✔ Acute symptoms of CVA
Symptoms come and go, considered unstable - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke in evolution
No progression or resolution of the symptoms, considered stable - correct answer ✔✔
Complete CVA
answers rated A+ already passed
Strokes are the ____ leading cause of death in the US - correct answer ✔✔ 3rd
1/5 of strokes occur in people under the age of - correct answer ✔✔ 65
______ of stroke victims are left with all functions unimpaired - correct answer ✔✔ 10%
___ of patients are unable to function independently - correct answer ✔✔ 30%
_______ first named the strokes of sudden onset of paralysis, loss of consciousness or sudden
death - correct answer ✔✔ Hippocrates
Struck down violently - correct answer ✔✔ Apoplexy
What are other names for a stroke over evolution? - correct answer ✔✔ -Apoplexy
-CVA
-Stroke
-Ischemic stroke
-Hemorrhagic stroke
-Intracerebral hemorrhage
-brain attack
, What anatomist from Switzerland first differentiated of concisely explained stroke
pathophysiology in terms of blockage or bleeding of a brain artery - correct answer ✔✔ Johann
Jacob Wepfer
TIA is considered a _______ event - correct answer ✔✔ time-based
_______, or mini stroke, only lasts for a few minutes with a neurological deficit for less than 24
hours with a lack of blood flow without tissue death - correct answer ✔✔ Transient ischemic
attack
Infarct in the brain that lasts longer than 24 hours and less than 72 hours - correct answer ✔✔
Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (RIND)
Ischemia to parts of cerebral hemispheres of brain stem lasting from a few minutes to several
hours (less than 24) with complete recovery - correct answer ✔✔ TIA/ TIE
What causes TIA/TIE? - correct answer ✔✔ atheroma or the carotid or vertebral arteries and
embolization of platelets or cholesterol
Sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen with permanent neurological deficit and
recovery can take months or years, if there is recovery at all - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke
-Cerebrovascular accident
Symptoms of sudden onset, considered unstable - correct answer ✔✔ Acute symptoms of CVA
Symptoms come and go, considered unstable - correct answer ✔✔ Stroke in evolution
No progression or resolution of the symptoms, considered stable - correct answer ✔✔
Complete CVA
