Not Signed In - Risk Of Stroke Expected To Decrease With New Screening Guidelines
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:00 PM EST
... For the first time, a set of screening guidelines for the detection of carotid stenosis, the thickening of the blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain and a leading cause of stroke, has been developed by a multidisciplinary committee of internationally recognized neurologists and surgeons. [click link for full article] ...
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- Security Risk Assessment
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- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Cardiac Risk
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Poverty
- Youth Risk Behaviors
- Decrease or loss of vision
- Permanent decrease in sensation in the legs or feet
- Electrodermal screening
- Permanent decrease or loss of sensation in areas of the body
- Temporary or permanent decrease or loss of other organ functions
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