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The nurse is caring for a client with vascular dementia. what does the nurse identify as the cause of this problem?

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This type of dementia is caused by significant cerebrovascular disease. The client suffers the equivalent of small strokes caused by arterial hypertension or cerebral emboli or thrombi, which destroy many areas of the brain.

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