Posterior stroke - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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PRITE UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED SOLUTIONS!! What is abulia? Lack of will, drive, or initiative for action, speech and thought What is anterior cerebral artery stroke syndrome? - Contralateral leg paresis - Abulia, disinhibition, executive dysfunction *In some cases, akinetic mutism, if bilateral caudate head infarction What is middle cerebral artery stroke syndrome? - Contralateral hemiparesis/sensory loss - Homonymous hemianopia - Dysarthria, aphasia, Alexia, agraphia, acal...

2024 PRITE Exam review| 100% Solved Contralateral leg weakness with sparing of the face and arm associated with urinary incontinence and abulia are typical for what kind of stroke? - Basilar - Carotid - Middle cereberal - Anterior cerebral - Posterior cerebral Anterior cerebral abulia = lack of initiative Effects of posterior cerebral stroke visual field deficits (hemianopia) sensory deficits The impaired physician who fails to obtain or benefit from treatment may requi...

Eustress - Correct Answer-Positive stress Distress - Correct Answer-Negative stress Parasympathetic - Correct Answer-Rest and digest Sympathetic response - Correct Answer-Fight or flight. Increased HR, BP, cardiac output, blood glucose. Dilation of bronchial airways, pupil dilation. Cardiovascular signs of strss - Correct Answer-Racing/ pounding heart, increased pulse, increased BP, cold/ clammy hands and feet, increased blood glucose Respiratory signs of stress - Correct Answer-Increased...

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Near drowning, heart attacks, and carbon monoxide poisoning are common causes of what effect on the brain? - ️️Hypoxia (deprivation of oxygen) True or False: Traumatic brain injuries are always closed head injuries. - ️️False (they can be open or closed head injuries) Which area(s) may be impacted by an injury to the anterior cerebral artery? a) motor b) sensory c) cognition d) all of the above - ️️d) all of the above True or false: The use of tPA is contraindicated in hemor...

ATI Adv. Med-surg FINAL EXAM 1. A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe burns to both lower extremities and is pending an escharotomy. The client’s spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails. Which of the following nursing statements is appropriate? a. “large incisions will be made in the eschar to improve circulation” b. “ I can call the doctor back here if you want me to” c. “a piece of skin will be removed and grafted ov...

Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) - correct answer Arises from basilar. Supplies Occipital Lobe , Midbrain, Thalamus, Pineal Gland, Choroid Plexus, and Corpus Callosum Symptoms of PCA Stroke - correct answer -Contralateral Visual Field Homonymous hemianopia -Visual Agnosia (unable to interpret/recognize visual information) - Weber's Syndrome (3rd nerve palsy + contralateral hemiplegia) -Parinaud's Syndrome (Impaired upwards gaze, convergence-retraction nystagmus, primary conjugate downward...