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what is the definition of a stroke?

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syndrome of rapid onset cerebral deficit lasting >24 hours

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85% of strokes are haemorrhagic - true or false?

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false

85% are ischaemic, 15% are haemorrhagic

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what condition is associated with 5 fold increase in stroke and what score is used to determine specific patient risk?

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AF

CHA2DSVASc score

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what score is used to determine bleeding risk in anticoagulation?

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HAS-BLED

however, patient would need to fall 300 times for risk of bleeding to outweigh benefit of anticoagulation

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what type of stroke is low cholesterol associated with?

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haemorrhagic

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what are the 2 main causes of ischaemic stroke?

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atherosclerosis

cardioembolic

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what are the two main causes of cardioembolic ischaemic stroke?

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atheroma in internal carotid or aortic arch

embolic from heart due to AF

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what are the two kinds of haemorrhagic stroke?

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intracerebral

subarachnoid

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where are intracerebral bleeds most commonly found?

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basal ganglia

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what causes primary intracerebral bleeds?

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hypertension (deep on MRI)

amyloid angiopathy (lobar on MRI)

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what causes secondary intracerebral bleeds?

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arteriovenous malformation

aneurysm

tumour

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what is most common cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage and where does this occur?

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rupture of berry aneurysm

most commonly occurs in internal carotid or vertebro-basilar circulation

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what increases the risk of berry aneurysms?

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smoking
hypertension
kidney disease

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what are the symptoms of berry aneurysm rupture?

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severe headache
vomiting
LOC

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what does the frontal lobe control?

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motor function

higher cognition - thought processing, reasoning, intelligence

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what does the parietal lobe control?

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sensory function

sensory association

vision - fibres for lower quadrant visual field

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what does the temporal lobe control?

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language

hearing

vision - fibres for upper quadrant visual field

memory and emotion

association

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what does the occipital lobe control?

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vision

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what does the cerebellum control?

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balance
movement
co-ordination

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what is the difference between brocas area and wernickes area?

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brocas - speech production

wernickes - understanding speech and using correct words

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what lobes do the anterior cerebral arteries supply?

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frontal and parietal

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what lobes do middle cerebral arteries supply?

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frontal
parietal
temporal

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what lobe does the posterior cerebral arteries supply?

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what does the right side of the brain control?

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left side of body
creativity 
music 
spatial orientation 
artistic awareness
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what does the left side of the brain control?
``` right side of body spoken language reasoning number skills written language ```
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what is total anterior circulation syndrome?
large stroke affecting a large vessel of the anterior circulation and subsequently many smaller downstream vessels supplying various brain regions Hence, all functions of anterior circulation (anterior and middle cerebral arteries) disrupted
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TACS is the most severe type of stroke - true or false?
true - only 5% of patients alive and independent at 1 year
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what are the features of TACS?
hemiplegia involving at least 2 of face, arm and leg +/- hemisensory loss * middle CA = face and arm * anterior CA = leg hemianopia (usually contralateral) higher cortical dysfunction
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how many features are required for diagnosis of TACS?
all
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what is partial anterior circulation syndrome?
smaller stroke affecting a smaller vessel of the anterior circulation when compared with TACS hence, less downstream arteries are affected and not all functions of the anterior circulation (anterior and middle cerebral arteries) are disrupted
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what % of patients are alive and independent at 1 year following PACS?
55%
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what are the features of PACS?
2 or 3 of TACS features or isolated cortical dysfunction such as dysphagia or pure motor / sensory signs less severe than in lacunar syndromes (eg monoparesis)
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what is a lacunar infarct?
mildest of strokes affecting the smallest vessels the deep perforating arteries supply specific areas and infarction results in specific, yet minimal symptoms associated with the posterior or anterior circulations
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what % of LACS patients are alive and independent at 1 year?
60%
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what are the features of LACS?
pure motor deficit pure sensory deficit sensory and motor deficit ataxic hemiparesis
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how many features are required for diagnosis of LACS?
1 feature *any 2 of face, arm and leg
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what specific features cannot be present in order to diagnose LACS?
higher cortical dysfunction posterior circulation syndrome symptoms *these are not supplied by deep perforating arteries
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what is posterior circulation syndrome?
large stroke affecting the vertebrobasilar vessels and their branches which supply the occipital lobe, brain stem and cerebellum the vertebrobasilar vessels also contribute greatly to the circle of willis the symptoms indicate the affected vessel
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what % of patients are alive and independent 1 year after POCS?
60%
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what are the features of POCS?
cranial nerve palsies bilateral motor and/or sensory deficits conjugate eye movement disorders isolated homonymous hemianopia cortical blindness cerebellar deficits without ipsilateral motor / sensory signs
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how is a stroke diagnosed?
CT - quickly if this is normal = MRI
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what does an intracranial bleed look like on CT?
acutely (within 3 days) = blood shows up as white after this, it is broken down and becomes black
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what does ischaemia look like on CT?
darker loss of sulci definition loss of grey / white matter definition *dense MCA is really common
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what is the acute treatment of ischaemic stroke?
thrombolysis (alteplase - start in 4.5 hours) antiplatelet (aspirin 300mg - start within 24 hours and continue daily for 2 weeks)
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acute treatment for haemorrhagic stroke is less clear cut but what kind of things are often done?
decompressive surgery surgical intervention - surgical clipping, endovascular techniques lower BP
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what is the long term management of atherosclerotic / carotid ischaemic stroke (white and platelet rich)?
antiplatelet (clopidogrel 75mg - after 2 weeks, aspirin is replaced by this for life) statin (atorvastatin - start within 48 hours and continue lifelong)
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what is the long term management of cardioembolic ischaemic stroke (red and protein rich)?
anticoagulant (warfarin - review after 2 weeks) statin (atorvastatin - start within 48 hours of stroke symptoms and continue lifelong)
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what is long term management of haemorrhagic stroke?
monitor BP closely
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what is carotid endarterectomy and when could this be used?
surgical procedure to remove a build up of fatty deposits (plaque) which cause narrowing of carotid artery used to reduce recurrence of stroke
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how is dysphagia managed after a stroke?
initial swallow screen if abnormal - assessment by speech and language may need NG tube placement or textured diet and thickened fluids depending on swallow
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what must those with acute stroke be screened for risk of on admission and at least weekly thereafter?
malnutrition

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