Neurologic Disorders: Cerebrovascular Accidents
Neurologic Disorders: Cerebrovascular Accidents [Stroke]
| The 5 General Topics of Disease Summary |
| 1. Etiology & risk factors |
| 2. Pathogenesis: The molecular mechanism of the disease process (How the disease process evolves) |
| 3. Clinical Picture: Signs& Symptoms, Sequelae, and Complications |
| 4. Diagnosis: Labs & tests (as well as screening tests and follow-up tests whenever applicable) |
| 5. Pathophysiologic rationale of treatment |
- Etiology:
- The two major types of stroke: hemorrhagic & ischemic
- Causes and risk factors of each .
- Pathogenesis:
- Sequence of events in hemorrhagic stroke
- Sequence of events in ischemic stroke
- Clinical Picture:
- Explain (in general) how the clinical picture depends on the vessel involved and the functional brain area/s supplied by this blood vessel.
- The most common presenting symptoms of stroke with its two types
- Diagnosis:
- The test that differentiates between the two types of stroke
- Further tests to confirm the diagnosis of ischemic stroke.
- The pathophysiologic rationale of treatment:
Explain the importance of excluding the possibility of hemorrhagic stroke before starting to treat ischemic stroke.
Please see the instructions attached. This is the textbook information McCance, K.L., Huether, S. E. (2018) Pathophysiology: The Biological Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. (8th Ed) St. Louis, MO. Elsevier Mosby ISBN-13: 978-0323583473 ISBN-10: 9780323583473
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