Essays Tagged: "Transient Ischemic Attack"
CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) aka Stroke.
0,000 strokes occur in the U.S. each year (Taber's 2069). CVA is the most serious type of stroke. A transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a mini-stroke, is a temporary interruption of blood f ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Stroke vs TIA
reason for the decline. 80% of strokes are preventable! (NAN)There are two levels of a stroke: The Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) which is a minor stroke or sometimes called a "mini stroke" and a Ce ... rain that controls speech, the stroke will result in a speech disability such as slurring (CSLOT).A Transient Ischemic Attack, the "mini stroke", starts just like a stroke but then resolves leaving no ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Case Study Based on Stroke Victim
leading to death, with no apparent causes other than of vascular origin (Nursing Standard, 2004). A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) differs from stroke in that symptoms last less than 24 hours. A TIA ... iencing TIA should see their doctor and most definitely not ignore symptoms simply because they are transient (Nursing Standard, 2004). Mary had no known medical history of TIA. She could not fully un ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The Effects Of A Stroke
the victim, it's nothing to ignore. Mini strokes are serious because "the only difference between a transient ischemic attack (TIA) and a stroke is that a TIA is temporary. TIA's can be caused by trav ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology