Stroke
Patient Profile
B. W. is a 72-year-old white female admitted 2 days a...
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Stroke
Patient Profile
B. W. is a 72-year-old white female admitted 2 days ago to the medical unit with a stroke. She has left-sided hemiparesis. A noncontrast CT scan, about 2 hours after the onset of symptoms, was negative. A second CT scan, 12 hours later, was positive for an ischemic area in the right hemisphere.
Objective Data
Physical Examination
Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
Decreased sensation in left lower extremity, no sensation in left upper extremity, normal sensation to right upper and lower extremity
0/5 strength left upper extremity, 1+/5 left lower extremity, 5/5 right upper and lower extremity
Left facial droop
Slurred speech
Diagnostic Studies
A barium swallow study has been ordered for 1:00 PM
Subjective Data
Daughter is at the bedside, she is upset and tearful, stating "Mom doesn’t know where she is and she keeps waving her arm at me and getting upset, trying to tell me something, and I don’t know what she is trying to tell me."
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