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SCRN Practice Exam A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - ✔✔anosognosia Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is prese ... rved. What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - ✔✔Brainstem Watershed stroke is described as: - ✔✔Stroke between two adjacent cerebral arteries Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - ✔✔0.3-0.4ml/min A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... - ✔✔pons (pontine) A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event... - ✔✔in a small artery The MOST important point to emphasize in a community education program on strokes that will directly improve patient outcome and disability in setting of a stroke? - ✔✔Activate EMS What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? - ✔✔Connective tissue disease What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? - ✔✔Hypertension One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... - ✔✔75 Atrial fibrillation is associated with.. - ✔✔An increased risk of stroke and mortality What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? - ✔✔Bleeding diathesis (unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to hypocoagubility) Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation: - ✔✔Ataxia and visual deficits Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA: - ✔✔ABCD2 What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of meningeal irritation? - ✔✔Kernig's Sign The most sensitive and speci [Show More]

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