Carrissa Donnelly - Brain Game For Final Pt 1 Question Preview (ID: 56298)
Acquired Disorders.
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What does CVA stand for?
a) Cerebral Vascular Accident
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If someone is having an embolism, what kind of stroke are they having?
a) Occlusive/Ischemic
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What is an example of a risk factor for stroke that you have no control over?
a) Age, race, gender, diabetes mellitus, prior/family history of stroke
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Why can you not see an occlusive stroke on a CAT scan right away?
a) CAT scans only show necrotic areas and brain tissue takes awhile to die
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Why is it important to do a CAT scan before giving tPA or other anticoagulants?
a) Must rule out a hemorrhagic stroke first because they thin the blood
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Who decides whether a craniotomy needs to be performed when someone is having a hemorrhagic stroke??
a) Neurosurgeon
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Aphasia effects what modalities of language?
a) ALL of them
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Expressive aphasia generally results in what kind of speech?
a) Telegraphic
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A person with expressive aphasia might experience hemiparesis on what side of their body?
a) Right
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Why may patients with expressive aphasia become frustrated and have catastrophic reactions?
a) Word finding problems
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What physical signs would you expect to see in a patient with receptive aphasia?
a) None
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Output for patients with receptive aphasia is usually fluent but what?
a) Empty
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Why don't patients with receptive aphasia generally try to self-monitor when speaking?
a) They can't understand themsevles
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What 3 problems are common to all aphasias?
a) Comprehension problems , word finding problems, and paraphasias
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What are the 4 modalities that an aphasia assessment must examine?
a) Auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading comprehension, written/graphic expression
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What is the main goal of rehabilitative therapy?
a) Fix the aphasia
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What are we teaching to do in compensatory therapy?
a) Compensate for the aphasia
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What should you never say to a patient? (Unless it is really true)
a) I know how you feel
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What physical signs would you expect to see in a person with RCVA?
a) Left side paralysis
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Patients with what symptom of RCVA may be a danger to themselves because they are unable to perceive their own deficits?
a) Anosognosia
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