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systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events of low-dose aspirin and clopidogrel in randomized controlled trials authored by Kenneth McQuaid and Loren Laine. Article B is titled platelet function testing in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a comprehensive systematic review of the literature by Soon Lim, Catherine Coughlan, Stephen Murphy, Israel Cadenas, Joan Montaner, Vincent Thijs, Lars Marquardt and Dominick McCabe. The study question of article A is to explore the…

improving the recovery of acute ischemic stroke versus placebo? Evidence-Based Answer Six randomized, placebo-controlled trials have been conducted evaluating the efficacy of citicoline in improving the recovery in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The first study revealed citicoline to be more effective than placebo in patients with moderate to mild ischemic stroke. The following three trials by Clark et al focused on finding an effective dose and specific stroke severity scores to show…

Hypotension is the most significant risk associated with the use of anti-hypertensive medica-tions. ACE inhibitors for example, and with combination of other anti-hypertensive drugs may result in reduction in preload and afterload. These drugs increase vasodilatory effects causing reduction in blood pressure. Risk factors include diabetes, more than 70 years of age and co-administration with other agents that affect the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) such as ACE inhibitors and beta…

Strokes occur when there is a sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain. Prior to the 1960s, stroke related deaths were 4 times higher than today’s rates (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2013). In the 1960s, stroke deaths began to decline as treatable risk factors, such as hypertension and cigarette smoking, were identified. During the 1970s, stroke deaths continued to decline due to continued risk factor management, increased aspirin usage, and advances in radiological studies such…

article is about the health benefits of a three day weekend. According to the article, a three day weekend will allow an individual sleep more as well as decrease the risk of stroke and heart disease. In the article, experts say that “they found that the individuals who worked 55 hours per week, had a 33 percent increased risk of stroke than people who worked less than 40 hours per week”. From this, experts found that long hours in the office, play a huge factor to the heart by increasing the…

Subject K is a forty-four year old women; she has a medium build, a height of 5-6, and a weight of 200 pounds. Before Subject K completed the LifeScan questionnaire, she answered three questions about how she might die; what would be the likely cause of her death? What behaviors might increase her chance of dying from those causes? And what behaviors might decrease her chance of dying from those causes? Subject K predicted that she would die from old age and/or natural causes. To defend this…

The two diseases I decided to research are tia stroke and mitochondrial disease. Tia stroke is an disease that can happen when your blood flow stops delivering blood to your brain for a short period of time. Mitochondrial disease on the other hand is a diversed condition due to dysfunction of the mitochondria. Tia stroke can sometimes last up for a short period of time, while a mitochondrial disease can last forever. In this essay I will be discussing the background information, treatments,…

The incidence of atrial fibrillation increases with age which can causes serious problems in older people, leading to stroke and/or heart failure. Risk factors include hypertension, previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack or other thromboembolic event, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and mitral valve disease (Holding et al., 2009). In addition to advanced age, patients that are obese, of the Caucasian race, or have a history of excessive alcohol use are at…

Association collaborated with The American Stroke Association and issued this educational material to educate the public on the complications of stroke. The material starts with a brief description of doctors’ priorities and their reasons for such priorities regarding post-stroke care; brief yet broad descriptions of what may cause such complications are provided. The material then lists nine various complications that could be experienced after stroke. These complications are briefly…

In the United States, stroke is the third-leading cause of death. Every forty seconds, someone suffers a stroke, while every four minutes, someone dies of a stroke. With this being the case, stroke knowledge is very important for people of all ages, gender, and race. Knowing the warning signs and ways to prevent could potentially save lives. A majority of Americans do not know the symptoms of a stroke. Stroke injures the brain, therefore a by-stander may be responsible for recognizing these…