Exam 2: NR283 / NR-283 (Latest
Update 2024 / 2025) Pathophysiology | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
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Predisposing factors for substance abuse disorders?
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Stress Cultural acceptance Heredity
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Types of substances
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Opioids Stimulants Hallucinogens Depressants
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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a form of dementia found with chronic alcoholism due to reducing absorption of folic acid and thiamine
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Sharing needles increases the risk of?
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Endocarditis Hepatitis C HIV
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cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
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Stroke Lack of infarction of brain tissue that results in lock of blood
Occlusion of cerebral blood vessel Rupture of cerebral vessel
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- minuets of ischemia causes
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Irreversible nerve cell damage
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stroke etiology
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HNT hypercholesterolemia Diabetes Tobacco use Alcohol abuse Sedentary lifestyle Poor diet (high salt/saturated fat)
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Transient ischemia attack (TIA)
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TEMPORARY decrease in blood supply to the brain-causing manifestations of change in LOC, social asymmetry, balance problems, visual changes, dysarthria Symptoms usually subside within an hour 3 / 4
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ischemic stroke
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a type of stroke that occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked
Facial asymmetry
Blurred vision
Slurred speech
Decreased sensation
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hemorrhagic stroke
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a stroke where the blood loss is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel
Causes sudden severe headache followed by loss of consciousness due to increase of intracranial pressure
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