CVA Review Matching
| What is the #1 risk factor for hemorrhagic strokes? |
| Why is speech therapy a treatment option for stroke patients? |
| They may have lost the cough reflux & may need to know which foods they can safely eat & drink without aspirating |
| How are ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke symptoms differentiated? |
| Hemorrhagic usually have a sudden severe or thunderclap headache |
| What type of CVA is caused by an embolus? |
| How will an ischemic CVA appear within the first 12 hours of the infarct? |
| Triangular or wedge shaped hypodensity |
| How is a hemorrhagic stroke treated? |
| Surgery, endovascular coils, steroids, high blood pressure medications & angiography |
| Caused by a ruptured blood vessel |
| Where does a subarachnoid hemorrhagic stroke occur? |
| Posterior cerebral artery
Anterior communicating artery
Middle cerebral artery
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| What type of CVA is caused by arteriosclerosis? |
| Described as an oval homogenous hyperdensity |
| Intraparenchymal/intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke |
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