Acute Stroke
The Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) study: design and methods for a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial
... of stroke on public health, the high risk and complexity of these patients early after dis- charge, and the strain on caregivers [26, ...post-acute stroke medical and rehabilitative care leads to ...
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Head Position in Stroke Trial (HeadPoST) – sitting up vs lying flat positioning of patients with acute stroke: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
... established acute stroke care ...’ stroke care policy during the first 24 hours of ...with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), and all patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage ...
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Long term medical utilization following ventilator associated pneumonia in acute stroke and traumatic brain injury patients: a case control study
... injury, acute hemorrha- gic stroke, or acute ischemic ...only acute stroke and traumatic brain injury patients who were transferred directly from the emergency room (ER) to the ICU, ...
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Functional stroke outcomes after mobile stroke unit deployment – the revised protocol for the Berlin Prehospital Or Usual Delivery of acute stroke care (B_PROUD) part 2 study
... of acute stroke care) is a pragmatic, prospective, multicenter study with blinded outcome assessment (PROBE ...15 stroke centers of various Berlin hospital ...specific acute therapy in ...
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Prospective study on the mismatch concept in acute stroke patients within the first 24 h after symptom onset - 1000Plus study
... for acute stroke treatment may have the potential to replace a fixed time ...the stroke unit, serving as a bridge from the ER to the stroke unit to screen all TIA and stroke ...
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Clinical assessment of activities of daily living in acute stroke: Validation of the Persian version of Katz Index
... with acute stroke (1-30 days post-stroke) participated in this psychometric properties ...another stroke during the following-up period, they were excluded from the ...
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Functional Status of Acute Stroke Patients in University Malaya Medical Centre (Ummc), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
... Functional Status of Acute Stroke Patients in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ORIGINAL ARTICLE I Functional Status of Acute Stroke Patients in University Malaya Medical[.] ...
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Prediction of outcome in patients with suspected acute ischaemic stroke with CT perfusion and CT angiography: the Dutch acute stroke trial (DUST) study protocol
... the acute stage of stroke assessment as it is faster and more feasible than MRI and available 24/7 in stroke clinics ...into acute stroke imaging protocols ...predicting stroke ...
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Acute stroke diagnosis and outcome assessment using National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
... depression. Depression can result either from the direct biological effect of brain infarction, such as that associated with left anterior cortex and basal ganglia lesions, or a reaction to the significant losses ...
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Determinants of extended door-to-needle time in acute ischemic stroke and its influence on in-hospital mortality: results of a nationwide Dutch clinical audit
... for acute stroke treatment that urged to implement a high-urgency stroke code, in- cluding pre-arrival notification by paramedics, written protocols of acute stroke care and ensuring ...
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Monoclonal Antibody as an Emerging Therapies for Ischemic Stroke
... for acute ischemic stroke treatment is intra-arterial or intra- venous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) which acts to dissolve the clot and improve blood flow and was approved by US Federal Drug and Food ...
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Admission Motor Strength Grade Predicts Mortality in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy
... Data for patients who ultimately underwent MT (MERCI, Penumbra, Alligator, Balloon angioplasty, Stents or com- bination of these procedures) for acute stroke between January 2007 and March 2011 from the ...
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Chinese acute ischemic stroke treatment outcome registry (CASTOR): protocol for a prospective registry study on patterns of real world treatment of acute ischemic stroke in China
... Outcome: The primary objective of the present study is to analyze the current treatment status of AIS in real world settings. The secondary objectives include: 1) to compare the effectiveness of common treatment ...
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Current perspectives on the use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for treatment of acute ischemic stroke
... on acute stroke treatment delivery, there continue to be a number of ongoing trials regarding the risk and efficacy of IV tPA in a number of patient ...in stroke including but not limited to age, ...
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Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a surrogate marker for cardioembolic stroke
... health stroke scale (NIHSS) score at their admission, and were diagnosed as having cardioembolic stroke or non-cardioembolic stroke (including athero- thrombotic stroke, lacunar stroke, ...
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A systematic review of clinical trials of pharmacological interventions for acute ischaemic stroke (1955 2008) that were completed, but not published in full
... with acute stroke, four did not test interventions for stroke (one study was a second- ary prevention trial and three investigated treatment for deep vein thrombosis in patients with stroke), ...
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Hospital organizational context and delivery of evidence-based stroke care: a cross-sectional study
... The staff survey had two components and included closed and open questions. Part 1 involved the use of a project-specific self-completed questionnaire designed by the investigators and was based on previous evalu- ation ...
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Clinical Reasoning: An 83-year-old woman with acute right-sided weakness and chest pressure
... Upon her arrival at the emergency department, the patient was triaged as an acute stroke and an emergent cardiology consult was placed. The initial neurologic evaluation demonstrated an alert and oriented ...
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Brainstem infarcts predict REM sleep behavior disorder in acute ischemic stroke
... recurrent acute ischemic stroke were admitted to the Acute Stroke Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital between January 2010 and November 2011; 775 of them received an MRI ...each stroke ...
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Hospitals admitting at least 100 patients with stroke a year should have a stroke unit: a case study from Australia
... 2011 Stroke Foundation Acute Services Audit ...with stroke admitted to mainly public hospitals [12, ...the stroke service and hospital; and a clinical audit of pa- tient medical ...with ...
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