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