Stroke Prevention and Treatment - Rush University Medical Center

More documents

Recommendations

Info

• One in four Americans still smoke • Increasing among young women • Smoking doubles risk of stroke • Smoking cessation can reduce stroke risk to normal within 2 – 5 years Smoking ©2003 RUSH University Medical Center
• 6 of 10 Americans are overweight or obese • 1 in 4 have high cholesterol • Cholesterol lowering therapy with “statins” reduces risk of stroke by 30% in primary and secondary prevention • Weight loss, exercise, and balanced diet must be part of every healthy lifestyle High cholesterol ©2003 RUSH University Medical Center
Page 1 and 2: Stroke Prevention and Treatment Shy
Page 3 and 4: Public health impact of stroke •
Page 5 and 6: • Knowledge is POWER Fixing the p
Page 7 and 8: What is a stroke? ©2003 RUSH Unive
Page 9 and 10: • Stroke as in “struck down”
Page 11 and 12: Brain Attack: Warning Signs ©2003
Page 13 and 14: Unilateral Paralysis • Weakness,
Page 15 and 16: Double vision • Perception of two
Page 17 and 18: Brain Attack: Risk Factors ©2003 R
Page 19 and 20: • High blood pressure (hypertensi
Page 21: ©2003 RUSH University Medical Cent
Page 25 and 26: Carotid artery stenting ©2003 RUSH
Page 27 and 28: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) •
Page 29 and 30: ED Acute Stroke Team Head CT ECG Ba
Page 31 and 32: Cardioembolic stroke - AFib • Pat
Page 33 and 34: Brain Attack: Treatment ©2003 RUSH
Page 35 and 36: % Favorable 50 40 30 20 10 0 Clot B
Page 37 and 38: Clot Retrievers ©2003 RUSH Univers
Page 39 and 40: Time to arrival: < 3 hours 68 (23%)
Page 41 and 42: Care at Primary Stroke Centers •
Page 43 and 44: Chicago • 2.8 million reside in C
Page 45 and 46: Illinois Law: HB2244 • Signed by
Page 47 and 48: IL IL LAKE LAKE 2 3 7 14 4 6 COOK C
Page 49 and 50: • Know your risk factors and ask

Stroke Prevention and Treatment - Rush University Medical Center

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?