It has taken the efforts of many people to make this happen: Limb sequelae of stroke,especially spasmodic paralysis of upper limbs,often result in patients losing their ability to self-care,which can cause a great burden to their family and society.The need to rebuild and improve functions in...
Intravenous thrombolysis remains the commonest treatment, but patients must be sent to hospital within 4.5 hours after the stroke. A standard treatment procedure is to conduct intravenous thrombolysis firstly and then remove the clots in blood vessels. However, the death and disability ...
Up to 20 percent of stroke patients wake up in the morning with stroke symptoms. This means that the time when their stroke started is unknown and, as a result, they are not routinely eligible for clot-busting treatment (thrombolysis), which is only approved to be used within 4.5 hours af...
The clinical trial, known as ESCAPE (Endovascular treatment for Small Core and Anterior circulation Proximal occlusion with Emphasis on minimizing CT to recanalization times), shows there is a marked reduction in both disability and death among patients who receive ET foracute ischemic stroke. Ischemic...
Vagus nerve stimulators (VNS) have been used for a variety of treatments since 1998, but an updated application to treat stroke victims that was recently approved by the FDA has become an exciting option for stroke patients receiving physical therapy. Turns out that stimulating the vagus nerve ...
"The first-generation drug may work in some individuals, but because stroke patients are such a heterogeneous group, I don't envisage that the same treatment will work for everyone equally. That's why we are developingsecond-and third-generation agents." ...
the body. For example, hydrogen sulfide is known to accumulate in other conditions, such as certain types of Leigh syndrome, a rare but severe neurological disorder that usually leads to early death. “For some patients,” says Ichinose, “treatment with a sulfide scavenger might be lifesaving...
Only a small percentage of acute ischaemic stroke patients meet criteria for rt-PA; therefore, alternative acute treatment strategies are also discussed. Acute medical and neurological complications in stroke patients are analysed, along with recommendations for treatment. 展开 ...
Hospital News: New Stroke Treatment ; Studies show that the main therapy for acute stroke (TPA) followed now has an 8% chance of clinically significant improvement. So the doctors decided to go for a new line of treatment, approved in 2011 by the USFDA. The Penumbra Stroke System for ...
CHANGCHUN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A group of Chinese researchers recently developed a new type of implantable hydrogel nerve electrode to improve the recovery of mice after suffering strokes, shedding light on stroke treatment using brain-computer interface technology. ...