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Nonvalvular AF is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke at an average annual rate of 5% and a 2 to 7 folds increase in risk compared to normal people.(5,6) One of six ischemic strokes is associated with AF which is mostly due to cardiogenic embolism. These patients…

Stroke is one of the leading cause of disability and the fifth cause of death in United States. Stroke occurs to a person every 40 seconds and one out of six patients suffer from stroke in his or her life time. Public awareness about stroke warning symptoms are important and can be achieved through patient and family education. At present the unit I work take care of patient with Transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke. We follow stroke protocol to attain positive outcome and prevent…

One particular case caught my attention: the lady with the deadly left hand (Ramachandran, 1998, pp. 12-13). It was creepy to read about her story, but I was wondering how common are strokes in the corpus callosum? Additionally, does the malignant left hand do anything else besides strangle people (e.g., reach for random objects)? Another case that caught my attention was that of Bill Marshall, who had problems with arithmetic or dyscalculia…

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,…