A 60-year-old female with a recent history of head trauma and a long-term history of hypertension presents to the ER for changes in mental status.MRI reveals that she had a hemorrhagic stroke.What does the nurse suspect caused this type of stroke?
A) Rheumatic heart disease
B) Thrombi
C) Aneurysm
D) Hypotension

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The primary causative factor of a hemorrhagic stroke is an aneurysm.
The primary causative factor of a hemorrhagic stroke is an aneurysm,not thrombi,which would lead to thrombotic stroke.
A thrombi would lead to a CVA from blockage,but not to a hemorrhagic stroke.
Hypertension,not hypotension,would lead to a hemorrhagic stroke.

A 60-Year-Old Female with a Recent History of Head Trauma