Knowledge
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Name at least 6 treatable
or controllable risk factors for stroke. |
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Name at least 4
populations (groups of individuals) that have an increased risk
of stroke. |
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Clinical
Applications and Reasoning |
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Relate the major
"modifiable" stroke risk factors to stroke pathogenesis. |
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Develop a series
of questions that would enable you to screen a patient for major
stroke risk factors, and create a stroke risk profile for that
individual. |
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Consider ways that
individuals living in a community might be encouraged to learn
more about stroke, and to take part in a screening for stroke
risk factors. |
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Clinical Applications
to Patient Education |
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Develop
three points that you would use in explaining to a patient or
family member how hypertension, atrial fibrillation, or carotid
stenosis is related to the risk of having a stroke. |
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