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REASON FOR ENCOUNTER: Routine INR check for anticoagulation therapy. SUBJECTIVE Background (Description and history of the present illness or medical condition including previous approaches to treatment and responses; include other medical problems, medication experience per patient, drug allergies, current meds, etc.) Medical conditions: HA is a 60-year-old white male with three conditions, atrial fibrillation, hypertension and gastroesophageal reflux disease. His atrial fibrillation and…

Stroke: The Sociology Behind It According to John Hopkins Medicine (n.d.), Hippocrates, the father of medicine, discovered stroke about 2400+ years ago, but at the time, the Greek referred to stroke as apoplexy which meant “struck down by violence”. Sometimes referred to as a brain attack, stroke is a cerebrovascular disease that damages portions of the brain because of the tremendous loss of blood vessels individuals experience. Some sources label stroke as a chronic disease and others label it…

“During a stroke, 32,000 brain cells per second (1.9 million per minute) die” (Loyola University Health System, 2014). Strokes have become a concern in modern America, with great reason. Strokes are called many different names and have a lot of confusion with the different names. Strokes have an immense number of different causes and can also vary on the type of stroke. The body is greatly affected by having a stroke, with effects that can last a lifetime. With technology advancing there are…

The Stroke Belt: Health Promotion for African Americans At some point in every individual’s life, he or she will need healthcare whether it is at the time of birth or the time of death, but somewhere between life and death changes has to be made to improve the health and quality of life. These changes come about through health promotion. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the health prevention strategy and its mission and goals; its clinical significant and effects on the client,…

in a cerebrovascular accident, also known as a stroke. A stroke is a “brain attack”. It can happen to anyone at any time. The brain and spinal cord together are known as the central nervous system. The brain is a mass of soft nerve tissue protected by bone and cushioned from injury by the cerebrospinal fluid. It consists of 6 parts…

Vascular Jeanelle Bastien December 2016 Melinda Bechtel Stroke in Evolution VS Completed Stroke A stroke in evolution is defined as; ischemic neurologic symptoms that actively worsen during a period of observation. A completed stroke is defined as; stable neurologic deficit that had sudden onset and persists longer than 3 weeks. In a stroke in evolution symptoms come and go, which is considered unstable. Whereas a complete stroke, no progression or resolution of the symptoms, which is…

Stroke Case Study 1. The man has had an ischaemic stroke, identify the biological changes that would have occurred in his brain during the process. Arnold’s ischaemic stroke would be initiated when a lack of blood supply (ischaemia) is prevented from reaching the brain (NHS, 2016). The lack of oxygen causes the neurons within the brain to start a chain reaction, in the form of an ischaemic cascade. This begins seconds after the onset of ischaemia. The ischaemic cascade is a biological…

two major military facilities. The large number of medical facilities with varying means of funding allows people to receive care to find quality care regardless of their insurance and finical status. Of the many hospitals the top rated hospital for stroke treatment is University Hospital (Medicare.gov, 2015). University is also a magnet hospital, only area hospital to receive Medicare base purchasing bonus, ranked as #1 by consumer choice rewords 17 years in a row, ranked second top hospital in…

The purpose of this paper is to explain how I would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum with a research topic related to my area of practice. The clinical question that I would like to explore is: What are some potential consequences of having a high blood pressure? I provided a scenario with a patient problem that relates to my clinical question. Finally, I explained how information technology could be used to gain wisdom. Introduction A chronic…

every year that the programs improve, more lives are saved. There have been many instances where the study of the effect of music in the brain has been deeply observed, but in this particular case it is being looked at in a specific setting; after a stroke has occurred in the right hemisphere of the brain, resulting in major unilateral neglect. In the article “Pleasant music improves visual attention in…