ANSWERS
Which sided stroke has impaired speech/language
aphasia; impaired right/left discrimination; slow
performance/cautious,; depression/anxiety; impaired
comprehension. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Left-Sided
Which sided stroke has spatial perception deficits;
denying/minimizing; rapid performance/short attention;
impulsiveness; impaired judgment; impaired time. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Right-sided
_____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CT; CT angiogram; CT/MRI
perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI; Magnetic resonance
angiography (MRA)
_____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 _____
_____. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ischemic stroke
Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to
48 hours after the onset of an _____ stroke. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔ischemic
Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated
in patients with _____ strokes. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔hemorrhagic
The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is
the management of hypertension. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔hemorrhagic
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial
physical disruption of the spinal cord. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔primary injury
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes,
such as ischemia, hypoxia, hemorrhage, edema -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spinal shock
_____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory
and motor function below the level of injury. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Complete cord
_____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of
voluntary motor activity and sensation and leaves some
tracts intact. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Incomplete cord
SCI at C1-C3 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Often fatal;
Movement in neck and above, loss of innervation to
diaphragm, absence of independent respiratory function
SCI at C4 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sensation and
movement in neck and above; May be able to breathe
without ventilator
SCI at C5 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Full neck, partial
shoulder, back, biceps; Gross elbow, inability to roll over
or use hands; ↓ Respiratory reserve