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Across 4. Psycosocial complication of stroke 10. Common cause of embolic strokes 11. Salvagable brain tissue that surrounds the area of acute stroke 13. Diet order until swallow screen is passed 15. Ominous sign of cerebral edema seen on CT 16. The only FDA approved treatement for Acute Ischemic Stroke 17. Test to be ordered if nursing swallow screen is failed 18. This process that normally maintains brain equilibrium can be impaired in a stroke 20. Best type of scan to visualize strokes and tumors 22. Brain hemisphere that controls the right side of the body 24. Call MD if the NNAS score increases by this number 26. The treatment indicated for Afib related strokes 28. Inexpensive antiplatlet agent commonly used in ischemic strokes 29. The number of hours in the "TPA Window"- (time of symptom onset to drug administration) 30. Difficulty with puposeful movement 31. Loss of proprioception 32. Illicit drug implicated in intracerebral hemorrhage 33. Syndrome in which stroke patients may push away from the affected (weaker) side

Down 1. Blood pressure is kept on the higher side after an acute ischemic stroke to maintain this 2. Advise patients to quite this in order to reduce stroke risk 3. There is a significant increase in stroke risk following this serious cardiac even 5. "The worst headache of my life..." 6. Call this department if you need help in caring for patients with stroke 7. Medications to be avoided in hemorrhagic stroke 8. A stroke risk factor associated with high blood sugar 9. The class of stroke associated with a burst blood vessel 12. The type of blood cells that aggregate to form a clot 14. Tissue that facilitates cerebral autoregulation 17. The part of the brain that controls vital body functions such as respiration 19. Class of medication used to lower cholesterol 21. Brain hemisphere that controls the left side of the body 22. Small stroke syndrome caused by high blood pressure 23. The class of stroke associated with a blocked blood vessel 25. Fastest scan to screen for hemorrhagic stroke 27. Difficulty with word expression 29. Stroke is the number ______ killer in the US