|
Title: The family of a patient who experienced a stroke after CABG surgery asks the nur Post by: colleen on Mar 5, 2013 The family of a patient who experienced a stroke after CABG surgery asks the nurse what caused the stroke to occur. The nurse’s best response would be which of the following?
1. “Stroke is usually caused by a blood clot that brakes loose and travels to the brain.” 2. “Stroke is usually caused by ruptured plaque inside the coronary artery.” 3. “Stroke is caused by heart failure.” 4. “No one knows what causes strokes.” Title: Re: The family of a patient who experienced a stroke after CABG surgery asks the nur Post by: Kassie on Mar 7, 2013 Content hidden
Title: Re: The family of a patient who experienced a stroke after CABG surgery asks the nur Post by: robertling on Mar 7, 2013 1 -- Stroke is usually caused by an embolus from the ascending aorta or aortic arch, which travels through the heart into the vessels leading to the brain. Plaque inside a coronary artery would travel downstream and lodge in a smaller vessel in the heart. Heart failure does not cause a stroke. Stating that no one knows what causes strokes is not a true statement; blood clots and ruptured vessels cause strokes.
|