A stroke happens when the blood supply to some portion of your cerebrum is hindered or extremely decreased. This denies the brain of oxygen and nutrients leaving brain cells to die in just minutes. About every minute in the United States‚ someone suffers from a stroke. Strokes are the second leading cause of death in the US. Common symptoms of a stroke are as follows: drooping of the face‚ difficultly with vision‚ fast onset of a severe migraine‚ difficultly walking‚ and possibly paralysis of
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have reread and checked all the assessment requirements.* | | 1. Based on the information in the case study‚ which type of stroke is Mrs Smith
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Stroke is a disease caused by disorder of the blood flow to part of the brain because of occlusion(ischemic) of a blood or damage of a blood vessel‚ causing hemorrhage. For early detection of acute stroke‚ it’s better to use CT scan because it has a lot of advantages. The use of computed tomography (CT) for stroke evaluation has riced‚ moreover ‚ CT is quick than MRI. Recently there are CT techniques like perfusion CT and CT angiography that combined with non-enhanced CT that help the physicians
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lymphatic vessels: right lymphatic duct‚ thoracic (left lymphatic) duct‚ right and left subclavian veins‚ and cisterna chyli. a right lymphatic duct b. right and left subclavian veins c. thoracic (left lymphatic) duct d. cisterna chyli . e. Determine the direction of blood and lymph movement between arterioles‚ blood and lymph capillaries‚ and venules. •It starts as interstitial fluid. •Then enters lymphatic capillaries. •It travels in lymphatic vessels to the regional
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Mary was scared. What could have happened to Kirk‚ if Keith was abducted by ISIS? Losing Kirk was not in her itinerary. It was a good thing she had an extra key to Kirk’s suite. Mary opened the door. Kirk was not there and so was his phone. Mary had hope that his phone was still in Kirk’s person and not in the hands of ISIS. After trying three more times‚ Mary stopped calling Kirk. She called John instead. “Mary?” John said. “What’s up? How’s Iran?” “Not so good‚” Mary said. “ISIS is slowly overwhelming
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Gravel was crunching under his feet as the wind raced past his ears‚ screams and shouts of ‘SKINNY FAT BOY’ from the people ridiculing him added more energy to his feet as he ran even faster to get away from them. Tears running down his cheeks became a part of the wind‚ his pain taking a physical form. As he was slowing down‚ the gravel underneath him started to sink slowly to the ground. He could still hear all the shouting from behind him as he was limping due to injury. As soon as he reached his
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What if the American Revolution never happened? In history classrooms all over the country‚ there lays an abundant amount of "what if" questions that pop into one’s mind when one learns. But has anybody really fully answered this question that so many people think about? In hindsight‚ a revolution seemed inevitable because of the way the British treated the Americans. But if the American Revolution never happened‚ obviously‚ America would not exist. But most importantly‚ the world as a whole
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Evidence behind stroke rehabilitation Stroke is a common and serious condition for which there is no routinely available curative treatment. Because of the high burden of disability and the lack of a widely applicable medical treatment‚ much of post-stroke care relies upon rehabilitation interventions. This article will discuss the evidence behind stroke rehabilitation interventions. but before doing so we need to define some terminology. Rehabilitation has a rather non-specific definition: “a problem
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The heart is an organ that acts as a ‘’pump’’ because it pumps blood continuously that is rich in a high concentration of oxygen throughout the organs of the human body such as the brain. Blood is carried through tube like structures called blood vessels such as the artery and the vein. The arteries carry blood from the heart at high pressure which contains a high concentration of oxygen and nutrients to supply the organs. Veins carry blood at low pressure to the heart which contains a high concentration
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Industrial Revolution did many things for us. It gave us most of the things we have now. But during the time of it‚ it was not a good thing to the people then. Industrialization means the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale‚ which is exactly what it did. Now I’m going to talk about some advantages and disadvantages it had for us. There were many things that happened during The Industrial Revolution the helped us. For example the steam engine‚ railroads‚ electricity‚ plumbing
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