impressive aphasia


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Related to impressive aphasia: expressive aphasia
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Noun1.impressive aphasia - aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
fluent aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia
aphasia - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
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Other context units, such as "Expressive aphasia" and "Impressive aphasia" may lead to a similar diagnose but with specific and different interventions and contribute for an individualization of care and higher quality nursing care, with optimal outcomes.
Category Context units Frequency Percentage * Clinical Aphasia 19 2,1 findings Expressive aphasia 6 0,7 Impressive aphasia 6 0,7 Agitation 19 2,1 Confusion 21 2,3 Slurred speech 5 0,6 Autonomic dysreflexia 4 0,4 Musculoskeletal pain 1 0,1 Spasticity 13 1,4 Stupor 4 0,4 Paralysis 11 1,2 Paresis 18 2,0 Foot drop 9 1,0 Joint contracture 12 1,3 Somnolence 8 0,9 Subtotal 15 156 17,3 * Based on a total of 81 findings.
A nursing clinical data model for neuromuscular processes: content analysis of the Portuguese nursing customization/ Um modelo clinico de dados de enfermagem em processos neuromuscular: analise de conteudo da parametrizacao portuguesa

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