Stroke has been around for many years. Galen first recognized stroke over 2‚400 years ago. Americans managed to cut the stroke death rate in half during the 1970s and the 1980’s. Greek physician Hippocrates described it as a medical condition in which people suddenly lose the ability to walk or speak. Because of the typically sudden and extreme nature of the symptoms‚ Hippocrates referred to the condition as apoplexy‚ a Greek term meaning‚ “struck with violence.” Today this condition is known as
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Strokes and Prevention Megan Berger Written and Oral Communications Kaplan Career Institute CMP 199K Mrs. Matherson March 7‚ 2014 “Stroke is the number four cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States” (American Heart Association‚ 2012). A stroke or “brain attack” transpires when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel ruptures‚ interfering with blood flow to an area of the brain (National Stroke Association‚ 2014). When
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Cloudstreet Dramaturge/designer Report Dramaturge: The dramaturge explores the inner and outer world of the play and how the use of Design can be appropriate to the plays context and accurately portray the playwright’s intention while still conforming to the conventions and practices of the period. Location: Mainly Nedlands Western Australia (no. 1 Cloudstreet) but also rural WA‚ Margaret River and Geraldton. Time: 1943-1963 Social Conditions: Final two years of World War Two‚ The Korean
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ClOUDSTREET By Tim Winton The title‚ Cloudstreet‚ although a bit plain‚ couldn’t be more appropriately named as everything that happens within the story revolves around the house nicknamed Cloudstreet. Winton sets this book around Perth‚ Western Australia‚ around the time of the second end of the Second World War over a span of twenty years. From reading other Winton novels it’s easy to see that his part of the country has had a big impact on him and he has a strong affinity with his country and
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The WTO on one side with the developed countries. Developing countries want the right to vote. 2014 In the 21st century‚ trade is the most important element of economic growth and prosperity of each country. Historically established global trade began to develop at the end of World War II with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT‚ 1947) and contributed to the creation of sustainable economic and market relations between countries such as America‚ Australia‚ Europe
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for the elevators. We get to the floor and there is sweat literally leaking from us. But we had no time so we had to go and get this deal done as soon as possible. Then we get in the main office and get straight down to business. Around an hour later we all come to a decision and get down to signing the paperwork. We managed to get a deal of $1.07 per share‚ which was lower than I expected so I was highly fortunate. But then… Out of nowhere the building shook and continued to shake. What’s happening
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Stroke is a disease caused by disorder of the blood flow to part of the brain because of occlusion(ischemic) of a blood or damage of a blood vessel‚ causing hemorrhage. For early detection of acute stroke‚ it’s better to use CT scan because it has a lot of advantages. The use of computed tomography (CT) for stroke evaluation has riced‚ moreover ‚ CT is quick than MRI. Recently there are CT techniques like perfusion CT and CT angiography that combined with non-enhanced CT that help the physicians
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The stroke patient is referred to acute physical therapy. Upon initial examination and evaluation of the patient‚ the physical therapist (PT) is responsible for determining the nature‚ status‚ and extent of the stroke. Based on the patient history‚ review of systems‚ and the results of the tests and measures of the examination‚ the PT makes a “clinical judgment” based on the collected data. A diagnosis and prognosis is established once consultation with other health professionals‚ such as a neurologist
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STROKE By: Courtney Evans WHAT IS A STROKE? A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or severely reduced‚ depriving brain tissue of oxygen and food. AREAS AFFECTED Depending on the type of stroke‚ different areas of the brain will be affected‚ but generally speaking if the frontal lobe is affected ones motor skills‚ higher processing‚ speech‚ and planning will be affected. If the parietal lobe is affected ones association areas and attention areas will be affected
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conducted in older age population. Only one study was done to analyze youth stroke (Zhang et.al‚ 2014). All nineteen studies had enrolled both men and women for their research while only one study was piloted for men only. Ten studies were conducted in United States‚ two each in Japan‚ United Kingdom and Spain while one each in Sweden‚ Germany‚ Taiwan and China. The topic of ten studies was sleep apnea‚ seven studies were on sleep duration‚ two studies had insomnia and one covered all sleeping disorders.
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