NEUROLOGY
HEMIPARESIS
Question
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A 64-year-old client reports symptoms consistent with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) to the health care provider in the emergency department. Which is the origin of the client’s symptoms?
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hypertension
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impaired cerebral circulation
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diabetes insipidus
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cardiac disease
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An MRI can detect brain tissue damaged by an ischemic stroke and brain hemorrhages. Your doctor may inject a dye into a blood vessel to view the arteries and veins and highlight blood flow (magnetic resonance angiography or magnetic resonance venography).
Detailed explanation-2: -tPA is short for tissue plasminogen activator and can only be given to patients who are having a stroke caused by a blood clot (ischemic stroke).
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