Name at least 6 treatable or controllable risk factors for stroke.
Name at least 4 populations (groups of individuals) that have an increased risk of stroke.
Clinical Applications and Reasoning
Relate the major "modifiable" stroke risk factors to stroke pathogenesis.
Develop a series of questions that would enable you to screen a patient for major stroke risk factors, and create a stroke risk profile for that individual.
Consider ways that individuals living in a community might be encouraged to learn more about stroke, and to take part in a screening for stroke risk factors.
Clinical Applications to Patient Education
Develop three points that you would use in explaining to a patient or family member how hypertension, atrial fibrillation, or carotid stenosis is related to the risk of having a stroke.
