en CR Know Stroke Crossword: 24 Ataxia: Incoordination Aphasia: Inability to speak Dysarthria: Slurred speech Arteriosclerosis: Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. Ischemic: Type of stroke that occurs when arteries are blocked by blood clots or by the gradual build-up of plaque and other fatty deposits. Hemorrhagic: Type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks leaking blood into the brain Hypertension: Leading preventable stroke risk factor LDL: Any patient with a ____ higher than 100, should be placed on a statin Balance: B in BE-FAST Fourth: Stroke is the ___ leading cause of death in the United States Seizure: ____ and stroke can occur together or in close proximity Occipital: Lobe of the brain associated with visual processing, Parietal: Lobe of the brain associated with language processing Brainstem: Responsible for basic life functioning (breathing, HR, and BP) Frontal: Lobe of the brain responsible for emotions, judgments, and impulse control Left: The ___cerebral cortex controls the right side of the body and contains the major speech centers Right: The ___cerebral cortex controls the left side of the body and is involved in spatial orientation Hypoglycemia: Treat ___, as it may mimic stroke symptoms NPO: Stroke patients must remain ___ until passing a dysphagia screen Antithrombotic: Medication that should be prescribed to all stroke patients by hospital day 2. Anticoagulant: Medication that should be prescribed for any stroke patient with a history or with current Atrial Fibrillation Personalized: Stroke patient teaching must be ___ to the patient’s risk factors for stroke Agnosia: inability to recognize and interpret objects, people, sounds, or smells despite intact primary sense organs Agraphia: Inability to communicate ideas in written language not due to mechanical dysfunction; typically results from damage to the parietal lobe. Aneurysm: A bulging formation on an artery, usually caused by hypertension or an excessive amount of fatty deposits

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1.	Medication that should be prescribed for any stroke patient with a history or with current Atrial Fibrillation
3.	Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries.
4.	Treat ___, as it may mimic stroke symptoms
6.	Lobe of the brain associated with visual processing,
11.	Incoordination
12.	inability to recognize and interpret objects, people, sounds, or smells despite intact primary sense organs

14.	Leading preventable stroke risk factor
17.	Type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks leaking blood into the brain
19.	Lobe of the brain responsible for emotions, judgments, and impulse control
21.	Slurred speech
22.	The ___cerebral cortex controls the right side of the body and contains the major speech centers
23.	Type of stroke that occurs when arteries are blocked by blood clots or by the gradual build-up of plaque and other fatty deposits.

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1.	Medication that should be prescribed to all stroke patients by hospital day 2.
2.	Lobe of the brain associated with language processing
5.	Inability to communicate ideas in written language not due to mechanical dysfunction; typically results from damage to the parietal lobe.
7.	____ and stroke can occur together or in close proximity
8.	Stroke is the ___ leading cause of death in the United States
9.	B in BE-FAST

10.	The ___cerebral cortex controls the left side of the body and is involved in spatial orientation
13.	Stroke patients must remain ___ until passing a dysphagia screen
15.	Stroke patient teaching must be ___ to the patient’s risk factors for stroke
16.	A bulging formation on an artery, usually caused by hypertension or an excessive amount of fatty deposits
18.	Inability to speak
20.	Any patient with a ____ higher than 100, should be placed on a statin

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1.	Medication that should be prescribed for any stroke patient with a history or with current Atrial Fibrillation
3.	Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries.
4.	Treat ___, as it may mimic stroke symptoms
6.	Lobe of the brain associated with visual processing,
11.	Incoordination
12.	inability to recognize and interpret objects, people, sounds, or smells despite intact primary sense organs

14.	Leading preventable stroke risk factor
17.	Type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks leaking blood into the brain
19.	Lobe of the brain responsible for emotions, judgments, and impulse control
21.	Slurred speech
22.	The ___cerebral cortex controls the right side of the body and contains the major speech centers
23.	Type of stroke that occurs when arteries are blocked by blood clots or by the gradual build-up of plaque and other fatty deposits.

Down:

1.	Medication that should be prescribed to all stroke patients by hospital day 2.
2.	Lobe of the brain associated with language processing
5.	Inability to communicate ideas in written language not due to mechanical dysfunction; typically results from damage to the parietal lobe.
7.	____ and stroke can occur together or in close proximity
8.	Stroke is the ___ leading cause of death in the United States
9.	B in BE-FAST

10.	The ___cerebral cortex controls the left side of the body and is involved in spatial orientation
13.	Stroke patients must remain ___ until passing a dysphagia screen
15.	Stroke patient teaching must be ___ to the patient’s risk factors for stroke
16.	A bulging formation on an artery, usually caused by hypertension or an excessive amount of fatty deposits
18.	Inability to speak
20.	Any patient with a ____ higher than 100, should be placed on a statin

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