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AD: Diagnostics - ✔✔MMSE
MoCA
FAQ: good to use as a baseline
Clock-drawing test
Lab tests to rule out other conditions that may impair brain function
Imaging tests: noncontrast CT, MRI
AD: Medications - ✔✔Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs)
NMDA receptor antagonist
Antidepressants
Anxiolytics
Antipsychotics
CVA - ✔✔CVA/brain attack/stroke
Hemorrhagic CVA
Ischemic CVA
Transient ischemic attack (TIA): Temporary focal cerebral dysfunction
CVA: Modifiable Risk Factors - ✔✔Hypertension
Cardiac disease
Diabetes
Hypercholesterolemia
Smoking
Illicit drug use
Lifestyle factors: obesity, physical activity, diet, stress
, CVA: S/S - ✔✔Weakness, numbness, paralysis on one side of body
Severe headache
Cognitive impairment: memory impairment or speech and writing difficulties Visual changes
CVA: Diagnostics - ✔✔CBC with platelet count, PT/PTT, electrolytes, BUN, creatinine, glucose, calcium,
magnesium, ESR
ECG, CXR
Noncontrast CT of the head
MRI
CVA: Management - ✔✔Initial management focused on maintaining adequate tissue oxygenation
Use of thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke if administered within 3 hours
Carotid endarterectomy >70% stenosis
Antiplatelet drugs
Headaches: 4 categories - ✔✔Muscle contraction headaches (tension)
Vascular headaches (migraines and cluster)
Mixed headaches (combination of the first two)
Traction or inflammatory headaches
Headache: Diagnostics - ✔✔Lab work to rule out systemic illness: ESR for temporal arteritis
Possible CT or MRI if atypical pattern: CT for subdural hemorrhage
MRI or angiography for hematoma
Headache: Management - ✔✔Tension headache: NSAIDs, cool compresses, stress reduction
Migraine:
Nonpharmacological: eliminate triggers, biofeedback
Abortive therapy
Pain relief
Prophylactic treatment
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