A group of nursing students are reviewing cerebral vascular disorders and risk factors in children. The students demonstrate understanding of the material when they identify which as a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke?

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)

Explanation:

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).

A risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. Is intracranial Arteriovenous malformations (a type of Vascular malformations)

Note:

A hemorrhagic stroke:

Occurs when blood bleeds into the surrounding brain from an artery or weakened blood vessels resulting in pressure that damages brains cells and causes improper functioning of the damage area

In this situation, AVM disrupts and starve the surrounding tissues from enough oxygen, causing weakening and rupturing of the affected arteries and veins resulting in brain damage or bleeding in the brain.

Is worthy to note that risk factors for ischemic stroke are Sickle cell disease, Congenital heart defects, Meningitis