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1 Clinical signs
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The damaging or killing of brain cells starved of oxygen as a result of the blood supply to part of the brain being cut off is known as a .....
Stroke -
...... is one of the most widely recognized large vessel strokes.
middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke -
What is a Thrombectomy?
The excision of a blood clot from a blood vessel -
What is Unilateral neglect?
Weakness of the arm and leg on one side of the body -
Inability to recognise or make proper sense of sensory information is ...
Agnosia -
What is a Subluxation?
It is an incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint -
Impaired ability to swallow is?
Dysphagia -
Inability to execute a planned motor act in the absence of paralysis of the muscles normally used in the performance of the act is knowns as .....
Apraxia / dispraxia -
Sudden neurologic deficits lasting less than 24 hours, and with full recovery is ....
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) -
Lack of awareness of one side of the body and one side of the visual field
Hemiplegia
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