swallowing and weakness of the right side. She showed signs of facial drooping and complained of a headache. Mr.Martens explained to us your mother was reaching in the cupboard for a dish when he right arm began to fall. She then sat down at the kitchen table‚ and proceeded to stand back up when she fell to the floor and was unable to stand without help. From there she showed a steady decline and the trouble speaking‚ difficulty swallowing‚ and weakness of the right side occurred within minutes. Mrs
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There are a few risk factor that contribute to Hemorrhagic Stroke that Steve’s is having. The primary risk factor would be long history of hypertension. Based on the case scenario given‚ it was not stated that he wasn’t taking any medication for his hypertension. Hence we can derived that his blood pressure was not properly controlled. This situation is worsen due to his daily alcohol consumption habit which is above the moderate drinking level for his age. The normal moderate drinking for man
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When Left is Right Left-Handed Toddlers By Carma Haley Shoemaker [pic] One in every 10 people is left-handed‚ and males are one and a half times more likely to be left-handed then females‚ according to Lefthanders International. Medical researchers have looked long and hard for what causes people to be left- or right-handed. Their answer? The same reason why brown-eyed people have brown eyes: genes that manifest their trait one out of every 10 chances. With 90 percent of the population being
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Stroke Pathophysiology Sid Shah‚ MD Pathophysiology of Stroke Sid Shah‚ MD Page 2 of 14 Stroke Pathophysiology Introduction The two major mechanisms causing brain damage in stroke are‚ ischemia and hemorrhage. In ischemic stroke‚ which represents about 80% of all strokes‚ decreased or absent circulating blood deprives neurons of necessary substrates. The effects of ischemia are fairly rapid because the brain does not store glucose‚ the chief energy substrate and is incapable of anaerobic
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hospital followed by correct diagnosis with minimum delay is a prerequisite for successful intervention in acute stroke. The need to seek medical or other attention promptly after stroke onset‚ to use an ambulance with direct transportation to the acute-care hospital‚ and to have more effective in-hospital organization will be required for effective acute treatment options to be available to stroke patients. There are a couple of legal and ethical issues of this case. First let’s look the physician. Mrs
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STROKE or CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) Definition ← is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain Epidemiology ← Stroke is currently the second leading cause of death in the Western world‚ ranking after heart disease and before cancer ← The incidence of stroke increases exponentially from 30 years of age‚ and etiology varies by age ← 95% of strokes occur in people age 45 and older‚ and two-thirds of strokes occur
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of choice or ICU department. Then I told them if they need anything they could ask for my assistance in health related concern for this patient. PAST AND PRESEN HEALTH CONDITION August 30‚ 2013 3:30am Patient Roman‚ 82 year old‚ male‚ and right handed came in to emergency room via
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Fetal Stroke causing Developmental learning Disabilities | Curry College‚ Psy 3350 | Dwayne Wilson 5/5/2010 | A very starry time if life is when you find out something is wrong but don’t have an answer for the reason why. My daughter‚ Schae had processing delay troubles from the beginning. After many tests‚ the last being an MRI we found that She had an In utero stoke in the frontal lobe. As part of my research I found a great deal of information on the effects of a stroke but only
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Alice Palmer has been admitted into the acute stroke unit eighteen hours after experiencing an ischaemic stroke. She has undergone a vital signs assessment including heart rate and blood pressure as well as a Glasgow Coma Scale test as part of a neurological assessment. This essay will discuss the key elements of the data recorded‚ the physical and focused assessments to be completed by the nurse receiving Mrs. Palmer and it will include the normal and abnormal parameters for this case study. Firstly
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Unit 01 Stroke awareness F/503/7150 You will: Know what a stroke is 1.1 Identify the changes in the brain associated with stroke Bleed‚ Blockage depending on area. The brain controls how you move‚ feel‚ communicate‚ think and act brain changes from a stroke may affect any of these abilities. Some changes are common no matter which side of the brain the injury is on. Others are based on which side of the brain the stroke injures 1.2 Outline other conditions that may be mistaken for stroke
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