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SCRN Practice Exam questionswith 100% correct answers(latest
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A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - answer
anosognosia
Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements
while tracking is preserved.
What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - answer
Brainstem
Watershed stroke is described as: - answer Stroke between two adjacent
cerebral arteries
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced at a rate of... - answer 0.3-0.4ml/min
A patient with locked-in syndrome most likely had an infarct in the... -
answer pons (pontine)
A lacunar infarct is indicative of an event... - answer 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? - answer Activate EMS
What is a risk factor for a spontaneous carotid dissection? - answer
Connective tissue disease
, What is the MOST significant risk factor for stroke? - answer
Hypertension
One fourth of all strokes occur in patients under the age of... - answer 75
Atrial fibrillation is associated with.. - answer An increased risk of stroke
and mortality
What is an example of exclusion criteria for tPA administration? - answer
Bleeding diathesis (unusual susceptibility to bleeding, usually due to
hypocoagubility)
Findings consistent with alterations in posterior cerebral circulation: -
answer Ataxia and visual deficits
Predictor of a two-day risk for stroke following a TIA: - answer ABCD2
What sign elicited during a physical examination would be indicative of
meningeal irritation? - answer Kernig's Sign
The most sensitive and specific imaging technique for demonstrating
acute infarction is... - answer MR diffusion-weighted imaging
A patient with SAH is ordered a cerebral angiogram. This test should... -
answer identify the etiology of the bleed
What diagnosis in a patient is a contraindication in performing a lumbar
puncture? - answer SAH
A neurologist has ordered a TTE. This test is best at identifying... - answer
ventricular thrombus
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