Recent Findings Oral anticoagulation remains the preferred therapy for stroke prevention in AF. Several barriers to stroke risk reduction persist, including both upstream and downstream barriers on the provider and patient front. Appropriate patient education approaches consider health literacy levels, ...
This is a research spin-off company that has been used to disseminate education of health professionals in the education program described in this manuscript. He has provided expert witness testimony to Minter Ellison Law Firm on the subject of the prevention of falls in hospitals. He has ...
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However, there are still many people who delay greater than 3 h after symptom onset. It is important to direct education programs to those with known risk factors for stroke and their families, who often make the decision to call an ambulance. 展开 ...
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA) provides a golden opportunity for stroke prevention. TIA should be treated as a medical emergency with prompt investigations to determine the mechanism of ischemia and subsequent preventive therapy. The risk of stroke after TIA is estimated to be 10%-20% in the fir...
Patient education The ideal application of CM is in primary prevention of chronic disease. The 2010 American College of Cardiology Foundation/AHA report on assessment of CV risk states that adult women and men should receive global risk scoring and family history of CVD should be noted for CV ri...
In the prevention and treatment of hypertension, patient education is an important measure to improve the awareness rate and control rate of patients. The professional and geographical advantages of community pharmacists enable them to play an important role in the patient education in hypertension. The...
We’ve been watching the recalls on the PTFE guidewires closely, as set outpreviously. The problem, in broad summary, is that the PTFE coating on the guidewires can flake off, which presents an extreme stroke/embolism danger. Here is one firm’s potentialsolution ...
Directly age-standardized rates of out-patient utilization of antihypertensive drugs (antihypertensives, diuretics and beta-blockers) and stroke mortality in men and women (40–79 years of age) were compared over 4 years (1987–1990) in a midwestern (Vrmland) and a southern (Skne) province ...
Physiatry, also called physical medicine and rehabilitation, is a medical specialty that seeks to promote healing of patients who have suffered stroke, brain or spine injury. They also treat acute and/or chronic pain and musculoskeletal injuries. Many specialize in treating back and neck pain. Phy...