Stroke order

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…

Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States, so there is no doubt that stroke rehabilitation is one of the common services performed by OT practitioners (Schriner et al., 2014). When patient’s motor control is lost, therapeutic intervention is absolutely necessary to regain normal movement patterns. Therefore, the sensorimotor integrative treatment approaches are being used progressively by occupational practitioners to treat stroke patients (Jongbloed et al., 1988). Both the…

circumstances to encourage successful communication. For that reason, this is an investigation of adults between the ages of 50-70 years old diagnosed with severe expressive aphasia secondary to an acute CVA of cognitive aspects of communication in order to determine whether they can obtain techniques to increase communication skills with both low tech (e.g., picture boards) and high tech (e.g., electronic speech generating devices) as two levels of AAC more quickly so that SLPs in the skilled…

Research looked into the morbidity and mortality rate of stroke patients who required a PEG tube (Iizuka et al. 2005). Results showed that those patients had an increased risk of medical complications and death. This shows that possibly inserting a PEG tube could be harmful and not ethically appropriate. However…

Diagnosis: Pt is a 54 yo male who experienced a L ischemic MCA stroke and as a result, has functional limitations as well as expressive aphasia. The majority of pt’s current functional limitations are due to slow recovery from an ORIF of R Hip approximately 3 months ago. Chief Complaint: Pt experienced a L ischemic MCA stroke on the morning of 8/20/2014 which has negatively impacted motor function on R side and his ability to produce speech. Most recently on 07/10/16, pt twisted his R knee…

all neurosurgeons do. A neurosurgeon is a surgeon who specializes in the surgeries, and diagnostics treatment of the peripheral and central nervous system, which is the spine, nerves, and brain, this including trauma, tumors, vascular disorders, strokes, certain birth defects, and infections of the brain and the spinal cord. If you go and see a neureologist and they see a tumor in the brain, they will then send you to a neurosurgeon and they will…

(Urden el at., 2014). Next per physician order the head of the bead should be position flat of 30-45 degrease this improves the ICP and facilitates venous drainage which in turn lowers the ICP (Urden el at., 2014). Repositioning the patient, also aids in lowering the ICP at 5 minutes as mention by Olsen et al. (2013). Therefore, it is an important nursing intervention. Furthermore, it is important for the nurse to administer mannitol if the physician has order it. Mannitol is a osmatic agent…

hypertension is high blood pressure (HBP). High blood pressure is the force of the blood against the artery wall. When blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on the arteries and heart. This in which may eventually cause severe heart disease and stroke. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 and treatment is usually best for any individual with a blood pressure over 140/90. Hypertension is a very common condition and is most common within the African-American race. (3) The specific…

Stroke is the most preventable neurological disease, and this is mainly because, many of its risk factors such as high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking can be prevented either through healthier lifestyle choices or by medication. “In the management of stroke, speedy access to medical service is crucial, as delays result in poor outcome” (Donkor, Owolabi, Bampoh, Aspelund, & Gudnason, 2014). Stroke occurs when there is an interruption in the blood supply to the brain, caused by…

After all, those are all risk factors that place individuals at a high risk for developing heart disease. It was unfortunate that prior to the initiation of the initiative, "more than 2 million heart attacks and strokes occur each year, resulting in > 800 000 cardiovascular deaths." (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2012, p. 1). Prior to the initiation of the initiative, statistics indicated 31% of American adults had hypertension and out of the…