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Stroke Meds

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Origin of Stroke   Ischemic (80-85%) and hemorrhagic stroke  
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Types of Ischemic stroke   Thrombolic and Embolic strokes  
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Thrombolic stroke   Atherlosclerosis block at a particular location, or subendothelium injury exposed clot not fully formed to get TransIschemic Stroke-TID  
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Embolic stroke   A fragment from the heart traveled to bifurcated, or cartoid area which is narrow to cause obstruction  
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Risk Factors for 1st ischemic stroke   Age,gender, race, genetic, HTN, Atrial Fib, cigarettes, high cholesterol, Heavy EtOh, Asymptomatic artoid stenosis, TID  
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Framingham increase in risk   HTN, Cholerteral, glucose intolerance, smoking, LVH or ECG  
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Eligibility for thrombolytic therapy   >18, no stroke or head trauma, no history or current ischemic head injury, SBP<185, DBP<110, no seizures, normal PT/PTT (INR<1.7), PTL > 100,000, glucose >50 or <400, not pregnant  
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Stroke acuten ischemic   tPA id within 3 hours,  
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Stroke prevention of reoccurance   ASA/dipyridamole(aggronox),Clopidogrel (plavix), Ticlopidine, ASA  
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Embolic Stroke Risk   Atrial Fib, MI, valvular heart disease,mitrial stenosis,cardiomyopathies  
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Prevention of embolic stroke   LMW heparin(enoparin) or warfarin but find source  
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Stroke Diagnosis   CT (normal day of the presentation-lesion 24hr after) but shown hemorragic, Ultrasound and angiograpy location of atherosclerosis (thrombolic)  
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Diagnositc workup-1st   Admission Labs: Cartoid ultrasound, ECG, cardia monitoring  
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Diagnositic work up 2nd   Echocardiography, transcranial doppler, MRI, coagulopathies,cerebral angiography  
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