CVA's

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Nursing Health Differences Across the Lifespan 3 (Neurologic Dysfunction) Mindmap am CVA's, erstellt von crf1980 am 06/11/2013.
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CVA's
  1. Ischemic Stroke - loss of fx from disruption of blood supply to brain
    1. large artery thrombotic
      1. atherosclerotic plaques in large blood vessels in brain
      2. small penetrating artery thrombotic
        1. most common, 1+ vessels affected
        2. cardiogenic embolic
          1. cardiac dysrrhythmias usually A. fib,
          2. cryptogenic
            1. cause unknown
            2. Pathophsyiology
              1. Ischemic cascade
                1. cerebral blood flow decr. to <25ml/100g/min, anaerobic resp = lactic acid incr = pH change
              2. CM's
                1. numbness/weakness of face, arm, leg esp. unilaterally
                  1. mental status change
                    1. dysarthria - difficulty speaking, dysphasia - impaired speech, aphasia - loss of speech (receptive, expressive, mixed), apraxia - can't perform learned ability
                      1. Right sided - distractibility, impulsive, spatial/perceptual dysfx
                        1. Left sided - cautious, slow, aphasia, alt intellect
                    2. Hemorrhagic Stroke
                      1. chiefly caused by uncontrolled HTN
                        1. longer recovery phase/more severe deficits than ischemic
                          1. s/s - decr LOC, exploding HA
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