Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Academic Term
Summer 8-4-2016
Document Type
Project
Course Number
N5330
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology
Professor’s Name
Dr. Chovan
Keywords
ischemic strokes, CVA, stroke, pathophysiology
Subject Categories
Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract
Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the third leading cause of death in the United States (Mvundura, McGruder, Khoury, Valdez, & Yoon, 2011). Ischemic strokes make up about 86% of the strokes that occur, (Patel, & White, 2011) hemorrhagic and cryptogenic strokes make up for the other 15%. The topic that is covered in this poster is ischemic stroke. The biggest way to alter the amount of strokes that happen are to prevent them. More and more risk factors are being found that contribute to strokes. Once the inflammatory and immune response begins once triggered by hypoxia it cannot be reversed.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Jada, "Ischemic Strokes" (2016). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 188.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/188