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    Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in American and a leading cause of adult disability. Stroke or other known as a “transient ischemic attack” occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting the blood flown to an area of the brain. These characteristics cause a loss of cerebral function. (NSA, 2014) When brain cells die during a stroke, abilities controlled by that area of the brain are lost. These abilities include speech, movement and memory. How a stroke

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    Cerebrovascular disease or the term stroke is used to describe the effects of an interruption of the blood supply to a localised area of the brain. It is characterized by rapid focal or global impairment of cerebral function lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death (Hatano, 1976). As such it is a clinically defined syndrome and should not be regarded as a single disease. Stroke affects 174-216 people per 10,000 population in the UK per year and accounts for 11% of all deaths in England and

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    or CVA, this is also most commonly known as a stroke. A stroke is often described as an interruption of blood flow to the brain, due to either a blood vessel being blocked or rupturing. Strokes can occur in any area of the brain, and the structures involved will depend on the area of the rupture/blockage. The most common type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, which is caused by a lack of blood supply. A lesser common type of stroke is hemorrhagic strokes, which are caused by intracerebral and subarachnoid

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    morbidity and mortality of diabetic patients. Poor glycaemic control leads to vascular complications that affect large (macrovascular), small (microvascular) vessels or both. Macrovascular complications include coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke. Microvascular complications contribute to diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage), nephropathy (kidney disease) and retinopathy (eye disease). Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes Diabetic patients due to common metabolic, coagulation

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    looking at the relationships between profusion as it relates to ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and tuberculosis. This paper will use online journal entries from EPSCO as well as off line entries from Lewis to help us find a better understanding into the related topics at hand. Lastly I will discuss stroke in depth as it pertains to my clinical experience and explain the strong link profusion has on ischemic stroke and the measures used to retain brain tissue. We will look at research done

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    timing and predictors of ischemic stroke after trauma in a population-based young cohort. Methods: We electronically identified trauma patients ( 30 days apart could be considered independent. As a secondary analysis, we calculated stroke incidence including all cases with a stroke ICD-9 code in order to provide a useful comparison with studies using ICD-9 stroke diagnoses for the outcome. For trauma patients who suffered a stroke, we graphically demonstrated time to stroke after trauma using Kaplan-Meier

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    Core Measure Sets for Patients with Stroke at Hoag Hospital, Irvine CA Background The third leading cause of death and leading cause of disability in American adults is a stroke. It is a medical emergency with an individual affected every 45 seconds in America. It occurs when there is an obstruction of blood flow caused by a ruptured blood vessel or blood clot resulting in depletions of oxygen supply to the brain. It results in a wide range of devastating effects depending on the affected brain

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    Stroke: A Case Study

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    the United States suffer from a stroke every year and almost 75% of those are first-time strokes. Strokes kill around 130,000 people a year, ranking it the number 5 cause of death in America. They are also the leading cause of long-term disability. Stokes can be defined as blood not being able to flow to the brain, and there are two ways this can happen, a clot and a rupture. When the blood clots, it is known as an Ischemic stroke, and around 87% of all strokes fall in this category. A rupture

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    the high risk of severe, debilitating health outcomes imaging a patient with suspected stroke in a timely fashion is paramount. When the timing of the stroke onset is determinable this allows for the appropriate form of treatment to be administrated such as thrombolytic therapies and neurointerventional techniques (González, 2012). Given the absence of a clinical test to accurately distinguish between haemorrhagic and ischaemic strokes, imaging at this early stage is vital. A non-contrast CT brain

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    The stroke is a condition with an abrupt onset of a neurological deficit that attributable to a focal vascular cause. (1) It is the third leading cause of death worldwide. (2) Lower-income countries have shown a higher relative stroke burden compared to industrialized ones. (3) Despite the significant achievement in management of acute stroke, it remains also a third cause of death in industrialized countries.(4) Over a third of stroke deaths occur in developing countries(5) In the United

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