acute ischaemic strokestroke managementstroke unitstroke teamthrombolytic therapyneuroprotective agentsAlthough there is currently no generally accepted consensus on the management of acute ischaemic stroke, several organisations are working towards producing guidelines for this disease. A major step in ensuring...
Acute stroke is a medical emergency. The outcome is influenced by the rapidity and quality of initial care, which is best delivered by specialists with appropriate facilities, including 24 h access to computed tomography. Stroke management requires attention to simple details and has been summarised ...
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.
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 ...
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...
This chapter provides an overview of the current practice in the management of acute stroke, including its definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology and management of both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. The last section describes the risks factors of peri-operative strokes and the pre-operative consi...
Stroke is the leading cause of long term disability in developed countries and one of the top causes of mortality worldwide. The past decade has seen substantial advances in the diagnostic and treatment options available to minimize the impact of acute ischemic stroke. The key first step in stro...
Background and Purpose: In the stroke component of the WHO MONICA Project, community-based registers of acute stroke have been undertaken in 20 populations in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Russia and China. This paper reports on diagnostic proced...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of death in elderly patients. The choice of an optimal management strategy for patients with AMI has been addressed in multiple clinical trials and summarized in a meta-analys...
Acute Stroke Management in the Elderly.doi:10.1159/000098332AgingCommunity-basedIntra-arterial thrombolysisIschemic strokePlasminogen activatorStroke managementBackground and Purpose: Though the proportion of elderly stroke patients is increasing, patients >80 years are often excluded from clinical stroke trials...