Intracranial hemorrhage

Hemophilia A and B is a bleeding disorders, congenital where the adults and children can have blood clot inherited condition. Children with hemophilia condition, have a bleeding problem and do not stop bleeding as quick as other children. For people who does not have hemophilia, a little, small cut its not a such big problem but, people who suffers from hemophilia, this little cut is deep bleeding inside their body. Especially it affects their knees, ankle, and elbows. In many occasion people…

The following information was obtained from parent interview, school in-take packet, and the student’s Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA). Prenatal According to the student’s mother she had a normal pregnancy with no known exposure to teratogens, infections, or radiation. She was in her early 20’s while she was pregnant with BH. She states that she had received prenatal care throughout her pregnancy. The student’s prenatal history seemed to be unremarkable (school in-take packet). Risk…

Brown, Burton, Nazarian, and Promes (2015) along with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides guidelines that support the use of t-PA for the management of acute ischemic stroke. The guidelines are based on their own reviews of evidence based studies to collect information to generate the guidelines. The objective of this study was to answer the question is t-PA safe and effective for patients with ischemic stroke if given within 3 hours of onset and also if given…

Chief Complaint "TIA". History Patient is a 74-year-old right-handed white female who has had three stereotypical events one on 2012, and two this July. She describes it as "my brain goes into a cramp and I can not speak". She states that she knows what she wants to say, but can not find the words or pronounce the words properly. She calls it jumbled speech. Her first event, again was in 2012 and it lasted less than a minute. She had a second event on July 3rd, when she was on the phone…

What does the classic triad of normal pressure hydrocephalus correctly consists of? A: Gait disturbance, aphasia, dementia • The reason this is the wrong answer is because aphasia is not consider to be part of the triad in normal pressure hydrocephalus. It is possible for some patient exhibit symptoms of aphasia, agnosia and apraxia which are known as cortical features. B: Gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, dementia • Normal Pressure hydrocephalus is a condition caused by enlarged…

him today. Family history Cancer. Past Medical History Diabetes, type I. Hypoglycemic event in 2008 resulting in right frontal lesion and slight left-sided weakness. Hypertension. Hypercholesterolemia. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Intracranial hemorrhage due to a fall. Allergies Penicillin. Medications Insulin, Mestinon 60 mg b.i.d., Crestor, midodrine, Lexapro, aspirin 81 mg, Keppra 500 mg b.i.d. Examination Constitutional Respirations 12. Pulse 67. General He initially was in no…

difficulties in caring for children where NAI is suspected. This child has many features found in such cases, including a history that changes with time, some delay in presentation, two cardinal features of NAI (subdural collections and retinal hemorrhages) and a family with a history of violence. Nevertheless, the history given is of a serious accident that could also cause substantial injury. Unfortunately it is not the role of the PICU team to make an early judgment on the cause of injuries…

1.1 Overview
 CSF definition It is a well-known fact that the brain lies within the skull and the spinal cord lies within the vertebral column. Between the soft neutral tissues and the bones that house them are three types of membranous coverings called meninges. Some of the space between these coverings is called subarachnoid space and filled with clear and colorless fluid (cerebrospinal fluid “CSF”). CSF circulates inside the central nervous system through the ventricular part of this system…

callosum thinning, the lateral ventricles becoming larger, and the lateral ventricular walls becoming irregular (Straub & Obrzut 2009). A second type of damage is bleeding of the brain caused by defective blood vessels; this is also known as intracranial hemorrhage (Straub & Obrzut 2009). In addition, cortical and subcortical damage along with multicystic encephalomalacia and other cortical lesions were found in patients with cerebral palsy (Bax, Tydeman, & Flodmark 2006). Lastly, the fourth…

My goal is to pursue a career in medicine for multiple reasons, but the one of the reasons is because I want to break the language barrier. I believe every person should have a right to be heard and understood. I was born and raised by Haitian parents. As a result I 'm bilingual.Im able to speak Haitian creole and English. Im thankful to be bilingual because i 'm able to communicate with my grandmother and my family from Haiti. In Haiti there is great need of medical attention in small rural…