Estudo de Caso n4

Abstract

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is more common in men and is one of the main causes of death in Brazil, with more than 150 thousand cases per year, choosing age and can occur in young people, adults and elderly people. It occurs when there is damage to the brain due to interruption of blood supply, causing Cerebral palsy on the side where blood flow is interrupted. (Albert Einstein, 2020). There are 2 types of stroke, ischemic stroke that causes a clot in the artery, being the most common representing 85% of cases. And the hemorrhagic stroke that causes bleeding and ruptured arteries, the least common of which represents 15% of cases.(SAÚDE, 2013/2020).