Assessment is an essential nursing skill that gathers clinical information to strengthen decisions about health interventions and priorities inpatient care delivery. Neurological assessment of the acute stroke survivor provides the cornerstone for early diagnosis, appropriate prognostic evaluation, and optimal ma...
Conclusion Assessment of vascular risk factors is not useful for differentiating between stroke and mimic in our population. Attention to seizure history and a thorough neurological examination can assist in identifying stroke mimics.doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.075Jessica E. Marot...
This paper reviews published sensor-based methods, for biomechanical and neuromuscular assessment of impairment and function after neurological damage, and how the metrics resulting from the assessments, both alone and in combination, may be able to provide further information on the recovery process. S...
aiming to enhance their clinical practice skills. For example, in the education/training on morning care activities [29], neurological assessment [39,41], and cardiac monitoring [37] for patients with
various neurological conditions resemble stroke in pediatric patients and a definite diagnosis of this disorder requires MRI; adding to the diagnostic challenge, young children may need to be sedated to undergo acute MRI. Perhaps the most significant challenge is the need for clinical research studies...
Only PTs with at least 2 years of clinical experience in a PT rehabilitation center or hospital within Metro Manila that caters to neurological patients, and who are currently practicing and handling persons with stroke were recruited for this FGD. Methods This is a qualitative research that ...
A focused physical examination should be performed to evaluate patients for signs of trauma, meningeal irritation, or neurological deficits. The following areas should be assessed during the neurological examination of patients with a brainstem stroke: ...
High blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor. Critical illness requiring rapid emergency assessment and management. Subarachnoid extension of ICH can occur and vice versa, intraventricular extension is common to both. E...
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