NESC 3227 Lecture Notes - Lateral Ventricles, Hypertension, Meninges
17 Apr 2013
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Laterality of vascular disorders on admission to hospital. 56% of stroke patients in hospital are in left hemisphere. Laterality could be explained by the fact that left hemisphere ones are more noticeable, so perhaps some right hemisphere patients just don"t get reported and admitted to hospital. Are disease of the blood vessels (arteries) Thrombosis: clotting of blood in the vessel, slowly preventing blood flow into the brain. Embolism: blood or fatty clog moved from larger to narrower vessel that blocks the blood supply. An arrhythmia can lead to a blood clot that would cause an embolism. Try to get them to a hospital within 3 hours: need ct and mri. In nova scotia patients within cdha are 50% less likely to die from stroke. First thing that needs to happen is a ct or mri scan. Risk factors: older, high blood pressure, signs of aphasia or hemiplegia. Are often confused with migraines and epilepsy.
