CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT Cerebrovascular accident‚ termed as “brain attack‚” is also referred to as Stroke. Stroke is a sudden loss of function resulting from a disruption of the blood supply to a localized part of the brain. The mortality and morbidity of CVA in the Philippines is relatively low. There are two types of stroke: 1. Ischemic Stroke is a disruption of the blood supply due to an obstruction‚ usually thrombus or embolism that causes infarction of brain tissue. 2.
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A CVA (Cerebrovascular accident) also known as a stroke is caused by the sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. The result can be serious disability or death. Each year alone about 150‚000 people in America die from a stroke or are seriously disabled. Stroke is among the top five causes of death. The effect of the patient depends upon where the damage occurs and the severity of the stroke
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A Case of Cerebrovascular Accident by David F. Dean‚ Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College Case Presentation Samuel Dexter is a -year-old African-American man who is both a husband and father. He is moderately obese (bmi of )‚ and has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for the past years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to
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Ischemia- local decrease in blood supply Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2. What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply. The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking or understanding speech
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Acute cerebrovascular accidents (CVA)‚ or strokes‚ are common in the United States and are capable of leaving behind many after-effects. CVAs are “the leading neurological cause of pharyngeal dysphagia and intractable aspiration” (Qu‚ Li‚ Liang‚ Su‚ Chen‚ & He‚ 2010‚ p. 299). In fact‚ anywhere from 27% to 69% of individuals experience dysphagia after an acute CVA (National Stroke Foundation‚ p. 97). Those who do not die or experience spontaneous recovery within the first 2 weeks are left with complications
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investigate potential applicability of electrical stimulation modalities to early mobility treatment of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA or “stroke”). Rehabilitation clinicians working in the acute neurological settings see a diversity of diagnoses‚ a majority of which is stroke. Orders to treat patients post stroke prioritize early mobility focusing on ambulation. Yet many patients in acute recovery from stroke are non-ambulatory (Miller‚ Murray‚ Richards‚ Zorowitz‚ Bakas‚ 2010; Wade & Hewer‚ 2010). To decrease
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Case Study 5: Cerebrovascular Accident Situation: It is early morning and the client‚ an 80-year-old woman‚ is getting out of bed. She has a mild headache over the right temple‚ is fatigued‚ and feels slightly weak. She calls for her husband to let him know she will be going back to bed for a while. When her husband comes in to check on her‚ he finds that she is having trouble saying words and has a slight left-sided facial droop. When he helps her up from the bedside‚ he notices weakness in her
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Stroke 1 Stroke Strokes have been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates recognized and described what we now call strokes as the onset of sudden paralysis. In ancient times stroke was called apoplexy and this term was applied to anyone who suddenly became struck down with paralysis. Physicians during that time knew very little about stroke and the only thing that could be done for the condition was to feed and care for the patient. "The first person to investigate apoplexy was a Swiss scientist
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the medical term for what is commonly termed a stroke. It refers to the injury to the brain that occurs when flow of blood to brain tissue is interrupted by a clogged or ruptured artery‚ causing brain tissue to die because of lack of nutrients and oxygen. Causes and symptoms Arterial blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body. When arteries are unable to carry out this function due to rupture‚ constriction‚ or obstruction‚ the cells nourished by
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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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