STROKE (BRAIN ATTACK) - William A. Tosches, MD; Michael Previti, MD13

STROKE (BRAIN ATTACK) - William A. Tosches, MD; Michael Previti, MD

PROGNOSIS

· Variable depending on severity of stroke

· Posterior circulation strokes have a higher acute mortality rate, but generally make a better functional recovery than do hemispheric strokes.

COMPLICATIONS

· Shoulder subluxation

· Hyperextension knee injury

· Depression

· Sympathetic dystrophy

PATIENT MONITORING

Follow the patient every 3 months for the 1st year, then yearly.