Occupational Therapy: The Means to Stroke Recovery Prepared for: Occupational Therapy Students Prepared by: David Bush 12/09/12 Abstract: Early assessment by an occupational therapist ensures that goals are initiated during the acute stroke phase to prevent the development of secondary impairment. Early assessment also maximises the stroke victims recovery. Late occupational therapy intervention jeopardises a stroke victims potential maximum
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Chapter 5: Respect Sexuality Multiple Choice: Select the Best Answer 1. Which of the following are chemical messengers in the body that bring about puberty and rule sexuality? a. steroids b. enzymes c. hormones d. genetics 2. Which hormone controls female secondary sex characteristics and also plays a part in menstruation and ovulation? a. estrogen b. prolactin c. testosterone d. Bartholin’s hormone 3. What structures produce ova and the hormones estrogen
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person to be cured after diagnosed with FAS. In this research paper‚ the role that strokes‚ traumatic injuries‚ and other variables play in patients with FAS will be investigated. This paper will also take an in depth look at FAS from a psychological perspective. Foreign Accent Syndrome is a disorder classified by a sudden change in one’s speech. FAS is most often caused by damage in the brain resulting from stroke or traumatic injuries. Impairment to the left temporal lobe‚ which controls auditory
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The leading cause for death in a majority of countries including the United States and India is ischemic heart disease. It is estimated that one fifths of deaths in India are a result of cardiovascular diseases which include coronary heart disease‚ congestive heart failure‚ peripheral arterial disease‚ rheumatic heart disease and many more. These diseases result largely in ischemic heart failure which‚ if severe enough‚ can cause the loss of critical amounts of cardiomyocytes. This can lead to several
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…………………………………………………………………………… pg. 20 Abstract Telemedicine a service based technology bringing physicians‚ health care providers and patients together in real time via web to assist and further the diagnostic process. The service was geared towards stroke patients for spoke hospitals as a “specialist referral service”. The core business built around vertical integration allows IS
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To: Cancer Research George C. Prendergast‚ PhD‚ Editor-in-Chief Re: xxxx et al. Manuscript on _____________. Dear Editor(s)‚ Available for your review is our manuscript entitled “___________” submitted for publication in Cancer Research. The current manuscript describes for the first time______. Our results further indicate that _______. All authors of this research paper have directly participated in the planning‚ execution‚ or analysis of the study. All authors of this paper have read
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her stroke as thromblytic‚ embolic‚ or hemorrhagic (e.g questions to asses risk factors for each type of stroke)? The family should be asked the following: History of diabetes and hypertension? Is she a smoker? Any history of cardiac dysfunction and dysnhythmias (spelling on this?)? History hyperlipidemia? Anymore questions we can add? 2. Based on the scenario described above which hemisphere (Left or right) suffered the ischemic damage? What other manifestations of this stroke location
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CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) A stroke‚ sometimes referred to as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage. Risk factors for stroke include old age‚ high blood pressure‚ previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ tobacco smoking and atrial
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Trisomy 21 is a congenital disorder when a person is born with an extra chromosome. Normally‚ a baby is born with 46 chromosomes; a Down syndrome baby has a total of 47 chromosomes. This extra chromosome changes the babies’ brain and body development‚ which may cause physical and mental delays and challenges for the baby. It is caused when an error occurs during cell division. This error is called nondisjunction normally‚ when one cell splits into two‚ the pairs of chromosome are separated so
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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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