Stroke management requires attention to simple details and has been summarised in clinical guidelines. General measures include control of blood glucose concentration, temperature, fluid balance, and oxygenation. Blood-pressure management is a matter for continuing research. Aspirin should be started early...
The goal for the acute management of patients with stroke is to stabilize the patient and to complete initial evaluation and assessment, including imaging and laboratory studies, within 60 minutes of patient arrival. (See Table 1, below.
Guidelines for the early management of patients with ischaemic stroke have recently been published by the Stroke Council of the American Stroke Association (ASA; Adams and co-workers, Stroke 2003; 34: 1056–83) and the European Stroke Initiative (EUSI; European Stroke Initiative Executive Committee...
Management of ischemic stroke is challenging. No prehospital treatment option exists, and the only approved pharmacologic therapy, that is, systemic thrombolysis, requires brain imaging and initiation of therapy within a narrow therapeutic window. This review provides an overview of recent efforts to opt...
Acute Stroke Management : Brain Protection , Poststroke Depression : Importance of Its Detection and TreatmentGabaldón, LauraFuentes, BlancaFrankGarcía, AnaDíezTejedor, ExuperioGABALDON L,FUENTES B,FRANK-GARCIA A,et al.Post-stroke depression:importance of its detection and treatment....
Advances in CT technology now permit identification of acute and chronic arterial lesions, as well as cerebral blood flow deficits. This review outlines principles of advanced CT image acquisition and its utility in acute stroke management. 展开 ...
LETTERS to the editorCEREBROVASCULAR diseaseA letter to the editor is presented in response to the article on management of acute ischemic stroke ion on emergency care for cerebrovascular accident in the 2010 issue.Journal of Emergencies, Trauma & ShockSharma, VishalSharma, Alka...
In the last 5 years, management of acute ischemic stroke has been revolutionized by the introduction of clot busting therapy with tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA. Unfortunately, many patients cannot benefit from this approach because they do not meet the treatment window of 3 hours, within ...
2023 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Asso... Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke: A guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association St...
(http://www.heart.org/missionlifelinestroke) has the poten-tial to increase access to thrombectomy. Hopefully, future research can determine the optimal methods for triaging patients appropriately from the fi eld.Imaging is central to the management of the acute stroke patient. Historically, ...