_____ are the confirming diagnostic studies for stroke. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔CT; CT
angiogram; CT/MRI perfusion and diffusion imaging; MRI; Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
_____ are the confirming laboratory studies for stroke. - ** VERIFIED 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 _____ _____. - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Ischemic stroke
Aspirin at a dose of 325 mg may be started within 24 to 48 hours after the onset of an _____ stroke. -
** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔ischemic
Anticoagulants and platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in patients with _____ strokes. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔hemorrhagic
The main drug therapy for patients with _____ stroke is the management of hypertension. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔hemorrhagic
, The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is initial physical disruption of the spinal cord. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔primary injury
The _____ _____ of a spinal cord injury is from processes, such as ischemia, hypoxia, hemorrhage,
edema - ** VERIFIED 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. - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Spinal shock
_____ _____ involvement results in total loss of sensory and motor function below the level of
injury. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Complete cord
_____ _____ involvement results in a mixed loss of voluntary motor activity and sensation and
leaves some tracts intact. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Incomplete cord
SCI at C1-C3 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Often fatal; Movement in neck and above, loss of
innervation to diaphragm, absence of independent respiratory function
SCI at C4 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Sensation and movement in neck and above; May be able
to breathe without ventilator
SCI at C5 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Full neck, partial shoulder, back, biceps; Gross elbow,
inability to roll over or use hands; ↓ Respiratory reserve
SCI at C6 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Shoulder and upper back abduction and rotation at
shoulder; Full biceps to elbow flexion, wrist extension, weak grasp of thumb; ↓ Respiratory reserve
SCI at C7-C8 - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔All triceps to elbow extension, finger extensors and
flexors; Good grasp with some decreased strength; ↓ Respiratory reserve
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