Stroke Prevention Flashcards
What are the modifiable risk factors for stroke?
Hypertension: most important risk factor
Diabetes
Hyperlipidaemia
Smoking
Heart disease
What are the non-modifiable risk factors for stroke?
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Genetics
What is the incidence of stroke and stroke-related disability in the community?
Higher incidence in ischaemic stroke than haemorrhagic stroke.
Women have a higher incidence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke than men.
What is the prevalence of stroke and stroke-related disability in the community?
Prevalence of ischaemic stroke is higher than haemorrhagic.
Men have a higher prevalence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke than women.
What is the most common type of stroke?
Ischaemic stroke.
What is the role of primary prevention?
Targets individuals at risk for lifestyle interventions and avoidance of risk.
What is the role of secondary prevention risk?
Early detection of disease through screening and treatment of sub-clinical disease.
What is tertiary prevention of disease?
Managing long-term conditions to reduce severity of disease, reduce recurrence and effects of disease.
What are the barriers to preventing stroke?
Socioeconomic status
Education
Social deprivation
Inadequate continuity of care
Perceived discrimination from healthcare system
Perceived lack of benefit
What is CHADS score?
Estimates stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.
How is haemorrhagic stroke prevented?
What are the risk factors for atrial fibrillation?
Age
Family History
Hypertension
Obesity
Caffeine use
What are the risk factors for atrial fibrillation?
Age
Family History
Hypertension
Obesity
Caffeine use
