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| A) | Cerebral infarction | ||
| B) | Vascular dementia | ||
| C) | Intracerebral hemorrhage | ||
| D) | Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| A) | Seizure | ||
| B) | Aphasia | ||
| C) | Photophobia | ||
| D) | Numbness/weakness |
| A) | paralysis. | ||
| B) | imbalance. | ||
| C) | transient monocular blindness. | ||
| D) | unilateral weakness/numbness. |
| A) | 5% | ||
| B) | 10% | ||
| C) | 20% | ||
| D) | 50% |
| A) | Evaluation of TIA should include screening for atrial fibrillation. | ||
| B) | TIA should be considered a serious precursor to ischemic stroke. | ||
| C) | Upon suspicion of TIA, patients should be advised to take 300 mg aspirin. | ||
| D) | If symptoms resolved promptly and the patient feels well, evaluation can be scheduled at patient convenience and office schedule availability. |
| A) | 30 minutes | ||
| B) | 1 hour | ||
| C) | 2 hours | ||
| D) | 3 hours |
| A) | Ataxia | ||
| B) | Aphasia | ||
| C) | Nystagmus | ||
| D) | Left field visual neglect |
| A) | Choroidal artery | ||
| B) | Vertebrobasilar artery | ||
| C) | Internal carotid artery | ||
| D) | Posterior communicating artery |
| A) | atrial fibrillation. | ||
| B) | valvular thrombi. | ||
| C) | myocardial infarction. | ||
| D) | congestive heart failure. |
| A) | 10% | ||
| B) | 20% | ||
| C) | 40% | ||
| D) | 60% |
| A) | 65 years in men and 70 years in women. | ||
| B) | 70 years in both men and women. | ||
| C) | 71 years in men and 75 years in women. | ||
| D) | 80 years in men and 81 years in women. |
| A) | Black | ||
| B) | White | ||
| C) | Hispanic or Latino | ||
| D) | American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| A) | Hypertension | ||
| B) | Hypercoagulability | ||
| C) | Metabolic syndrome | ||
| D) | Sleep-disordered breathing |
| A) | Every month | ||
| B) | Every 3 to 6 months | ||
| C) | Every 2 years | ||
| D) | Every 3 years |
| A) | 5% | ||
| B) | 10% | ||
| C) | 20% | ||
| D) | 29% |
| A) | Validated tools are available to assess the risk of stroke. | ||
| B) | The ABCD assessment includes points for laboratory results. | ||
| C) | Risk assessment tools have been shown to improve primary prevention. | ||
| D) | Interactivity among independent risk factors can affect risk prediction. |
| A) | Urine culture | ||
| B) | Oxygen saturation | ||
| C) | Determination of electrolyte levels | ||
| D) | Computed tomography of the brain |
| A) | Ptosis or miosis | ||
| B) | Severe headache | ||
| C) | Fever and cardiac murmur | ||
| D) | Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| A) | A stroke system of care improves acute and post-acute care but has no effect on EMS. | ||
| B) | There is no formal certification process for designating an institution as a comprehensive stroke center. | ||
| C) | No states have policies mandating direct routing of individuals with suspected stroke to a primary stroke center. | ||
| D) | Individuals with stroke are more likely to receive thrombolytic therapy at a primary or comprehensive stroke center. |
| A) | angioedema. | ||
| B) | anaphylaxis. | ||
| C) | myocardial rupture. | ||
| D) | secondary brain hemorrhage. |
| A) | Patient's home | ||
| B) | Inpatient stroke unit | ||
| C) | Long-term care facility | ||
| D) | Outpatient therapy clinic |
| A) | Pain is a hallmark characteristic of a severe pressure injury. | ||
| B) | Lower body mass index is a risk factor for pressure injury. | ||
| C) | Patients should be monitored every other day for skin breakdown. | ||
| D) | Most pressure injuries are associated with superficial tissue injury only. |
| A) | D-dimer test. | ||
| B) | echocardiography. | ||
| C) | Doppler ultrasound. | ||
| D) | Well's prediction model. |
| A) | Psychosocial support is not useful for fecal incontinence. | ||
| B) | Pain is most commonly caused by sensorimotor pathway damage. | ||
| C) | Cognitive impairment is associated with post-stroke urinary dysfunction. | ||
| D) | The STRATIFY tool is effective in predicting the risk of a fall in stroke survivors. |
| A) | hip. | ||
| B) | hand. | ||
| C) | shoulder. | ||
| D) | lower extremity. |
| A) | language. | ||
| B) | calculation. | ||
| C) | visual memory. | ||
| D) | abstract reasoning. |
| A) | dysarthria. | ||
| B) | receptive aphasia. | ||
| C) | apraxia of speech. | ||
| D) | expressive aphasia. |
| A) | Symptoms of post-stroke depression are obvious. | ||
| B) | Depression occurs in 15% of patients after stroke. | ||
| C) | Generalized anxiety disorder often coexists with post-stroke depression. | ||
| D) | Post-stroke depression does not respond well to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. |
| A) | Aerobic | ||
| B) | Neuromuscular | ||
| C) | Strength training | ||
| D) | Flexibility/stretching |
| A) | Risk is highest in the first week after a stroke event. | ||
| B) | Risk remains higher for the next 12 months than in subsequent years. | ||
| C) | Risk can be lowered by controlling blood pressure and optimizing lifestyle behaviors. | ||
| D) | All of the above |