title: Brain attack: correlative anatomy.
abstract: Approximately 500,000 people suffer a new or recurrent brain attack each year. Despite advanced treatments, stroke continues to be the third leading cause of death in the United States. Survivors of stroke experience many different clinical problems and neurological deficits. Individual symptomatology varies according to specific vessel involvement and the location of brain tissue infarction or hemorrhage. Understanding basic cerebral anatomy provides a foundation for the neuroscience nurse to plan effective nursing care for the victim of brain attack.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, York College of Pennsylvania 17405-7199, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Testani-Dufour
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology*; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged