Quality, Outcomes, and Program Evaluation for Stroke
BRIEF HISTORY OF OUTCOMES AND QUALITY Although Florence Nightingale (1820 to 1910) is best known as the founder of modern nursing, she also made significant contributions as a social reformer…
Poststroke Reintegration into the Community
AN INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE Numerous studies have indicated that the most successful model for reintegration into the community for stroke patients is one that incorporates a multidisciplinary/interprofessional team…
Stroke Epidemiology, Definition, Burden, and Prevention
INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STROKE In the United States, stroke is ranked as the fourth major cause of death after heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory disease (Centers for…
Development of Stroke Systems of Care
STROKE SYSTEM OF CARE DEFINED A system of health care delivery represents the continuum of services offered to a patient or a population of patients (Institute for Healthcare Improvement [IHI],…
The Future of Stroke Care
INTRODUCTION As stroke care has changed rapidly over the last several decades, we continue to progress and are on the precipice of major change both in stroke care as well…
Exposure (everything else)
Acid is also generated by Metabolism Of sulphur-containing amino acids, cysteine and methionine Generation of lactic acid during anaerobic metabolism Generating the ketone bodies acetone, acetoacetate and β-hydroxybutyrate, e.g. diabetic…
Intensive care unit (ICU)
The normal range is 900–1400 dyn/s/cm−5. Define the pulmonary vascular resistance The normal range is 150–250 dyn/s/cm−5. What are the complications of insertion? These include complications from central line insertion…
