Subarachnoidhemorrhage		Salvagable brain tissue that surrounds the area of acute stroke
Depression		Tissue that facilitates cerebral autoregulation
Two		There is a significant increase in stroke risk following this serious cardiac even
CTScan		The class of stroke associated with a burst blood vessel
Diabetes		Call this department if you need help in caring for patients with stroke
Cerebralperfusionpressure		Best type of scan to visualize strokes and tumors
Brainstem		A stroke risk factor associated with high blood sugar
Cocaine		"The worst headache of my life..."
Ischemic		Class of medication used to lower cholesterol
Anticoagulants		Difficulty with word expression
Left		The number of hours in the "TPA Window"- (time of symptom onset to drug administration)
Pusher		Ominous sign of cerebral edema seen on CT
Platelets		Diet order until swallow screen is passed
Statins		The treatment indicated for Afib related strokes
Bedsideswallow		Stroke is the number ______ killer in the US
Atrialfibrillation		Blood pressure is kept on the higher side after an acute ischemic stroke to maintain this
Apraxia		Medications to be avoided in hemorrhagic stroke
Hemorrhagic		Syndrome in which stroke patients may push away from the affected (weaker) side
bloodbrainbarrier		This process that normally maintains brain equilibrium can be impaired in a stroke
MRI		The only FDA approved treatement for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Aspirin		Common cause of embolic strokes
Three		Fastest scan to screen for hemorrhagic stroke
Three		Brain hemisphere that controls the left side of the body
Apraxia		Illicit drug implicated in intracerebral hemorrhage
Smoking		Test to be ordered if nursing swallow screen is failed
Cerebralautoregulation		Advise patients to quite this in order to reduce stroke risk
Lacunar		Difficulty with puposeful movement
Strokecenter		The part of the brain that controls vital body functions such as respiration
Right		Psycosocial complication of stroke
Midlineshift		Small stroke syndrome caused by high blood pressure
Anticoagulants		The type of blood cells that aggregate to form a clot
NPO		The class of stroke associated with a blocked blood vessel
Myocardialinfarction		Brain hemisphere that controls the right side of the body
TPA		Inexpensive antiplatlet agent commonly used in ischemic strokes
Penumbra		Call MD if the NNAS score increases by this number
APHASIA		Loss of proprioception