The patient became severely. confused, agitated and combative approximately 12 hours after the first dose of. levofloxacin. The patientâs oxygen saturations were within normal limits, electrolytes. within normal limits, and no other cause for his change in mental status was apparent.
Common heart disorders can increase your risk for stroke. For example, coronary artery disease increases your risk for stroke, because plaque builds up in the arteries and blocks the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the brain.
This increases the work of the heart, as a pump, to move the thickened blood to the brain and vital organs, out to the limbs, and have it return again for oxygenation and the process continues again. Various factors combine to increase heart rate and blood pressure.