Stroke: How to contain the damage When your patient suffers a stroke, you'll find yourself in a race to keep him alive and prevent the neurological damage from spreading. This first of two articles tells you how
Even if the symptoms pass before you take action, you should treat the TIA as a medical emergency. Get help right away, so that doctors can confirm the TIA and help you prevent a damaging stroke. You might, for example, get blood thinning drugs to reduce blood clotting or have a procedu...
A stroke is a condition where the brain is suddenly deprived of blood, causing damage to the neurons, which need a constant supply of oxygen to maintain their function. This can cause severe brain damage. Answer and Explanation: In both an ischemic stroke and a hemorrhagic stroke, th...
12,24 For example, blood clots that form in the coronary vessels often become embolic (thromboembolism) and travel to the cerebral vascular system, where they can cause transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke.25,26 The aorta and carotid arteries are other frequent sites of ...
After birth, some mood changes are normal, but if they persist longer than a few weeks, it could mean something more serious. Here’s how to tell when they turn into postpartum depression. Tina DonvitoApril 11, 2025 Create an Account ...
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an essential tool to assess and manage different pathologies in the intensive care unit, and many protocols have been proposed for its application in critical care literature. However, the brain has been overlooked in
Visit-to-visit variability of fasting plasma glucose as predictor of ischemic stroke: competing risk analysis in a national cohort of Taiwan Diabetes Study BMC Med, 26 (2014), p. 165 View PDFView articleCrossrefGoogle Scholar 69 H. Bajaj, K. Venn, C. Ye, et al. Least glucose variability...
There is an increased risk of developing CFS following PUD, especially in females and the aging population. Hopefully, these findings can prevent common infections from progressing to debilitating, chronic conditions such as CFS.Similar content being viewed by others Fatigue: a frequent and ...
Tumor suppressor mechanisms like cell cycle check points and apoptosis are thought to act as safe-guards to prevent propagation of somatic mutations in a cell population. One would expect somatic evolution becoming more challenging with an increase in body size as well as lifespan. However, Peto'...
Dual-energy CT may be used for this purpose, exploiting its ability to discriminate different materials. Materials and methods We retrospectively studied 44 patients with acute ischemic stroke who were treated with endovascular recanalization at San Giovanni Bosco Hospital in Turin and were then scanned...