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Clinical Focus On Strokes If I could choose a stroke that was to occur in my brain it would be Ischemic stroke. Ischemic stroke is when the blood vessel is blocked which blocks you from receiving oxygen (PowerPoint chapter 2, slide 18). Ischemic stroke occurs when the artery blocks blood vessel in the brain. It is also blocked by the blood clot, and it makes the blood harder to reach the brain. I chose Ischemic stroke because it has a treatment called “tissue plasminogen activator (t-Pa)”.…

cerebral vascular accident (CVA), also known as a stroke, occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to a portion of the brain. According to the International Stroke Center1, about 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stoke each year. Greater than two-thirds of those who survive a CVA receive rehabilitation services after being hospitalized.2 It is estimated that over $34 billion is spent each year on health care for patients who have suffered a CVA. Functional deficits vary depending on…

LITERATURE REVIEW Stroke is one of the major health problems worldwide and a leading cause of disability. But the treatment options for the management of stroke are limited. Thrombolytic reperfusion with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is employed in acute phase in only less than 3% of all ischemic stroke patients while standard treatments involving rehabilitation provide some benefits for the recovery during chronic phase. However, many high-profile failures in a…

diseases, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, congenital heart disease, and arrhythmia, is the main source of death for men and women in the U.S. More than 600,00 Americans die of heart disease each year (American Heart Association). That is one in every four deaths in this country. Heart disease has remained the leading cause of death for more than 8 decades. There are many types of heart disease, but the most common are coronary heart disease, stroke, and arrhythmia. Coronary heart…

Occupational Therapy Practice in Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation? I chose this article because I am very interested in learning more about the rehabilitation process and how effective that process is for stroke victims. Also, I find the topic in this specific article interesting because it focuses on explaining the impact rehab can have on a person while in the hospital immediately following his or her stroke. This article, like the other articles I chose, focus on how Occupational Therapy…

“ A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients”(Mayo Clinic Staff). “Within an hour, the nerve cells in that area of the brain become damaged and die. As a result, the part of the body controlled by the damaged area of the brain cannot work properly” (“Stroke”). Therefore, this leads to the different types of strokes, which are Acute Ischemic stroke and Hemorrhagic stroke. “ In an ischemic stroke,…

Discuss the neurological implication of a stroke and the role it plays in generating a treatment plan. A stroke is basically when the blood supply to the brain stops. The brain needs oxygen to survive and blood has oxygen in it, so if there’s no blood reaching the brain then there’s no oxygen reaching the brain either. This would cause the brain slowly to lose all its functions and eventually the person will die if it goes untreated. The person would slowly lose all their bodily functions…

An Effective Application of Paterson and Zderad Theory in a Hypertensive Patient Hypertension is defined as a high blood pressure that is characterized by a systolic blood pressure that is greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure than is greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg. Undeniably, Hypertension is on the rise in Canada, its prevalence is one in five adult Canadians and 25% of Canadians as of 2012 (Lewis, 2014). Not to mention, several other risk factors, both modifiable…

tumors and miscellaneous tumors. A stroke is defined as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), cerebrovascular insult (CVI) is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. It disrupts the blood flow. Risk factor includes a heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, smoking, obesity. Strokes can be visualized unto two types ischemic or hemorrhagic. Ischemic is caused due to lack of blood flow. Hemorrhagic is due to bleeding. Signs and symptoms of a stroke may include an inability to…

Introduction: about 9% of acute ischemic strokes are complicated with myocardial infarction, and about 2-6% of acute anterior wall myocardial infarctions are complicated with stroke. They occur at the same time or with a difference of several days. Case report: The patient is 47 years old female who had diagnosed lumbar disc disease and constant numbness in her left leg. The disease started with a permanent feeling of weakness in her left leg and transitory numbness in her left arm; at the same…