Time is extraordinarily important for survival and recovery, said neurologist Dr. Carolyn Brockington, director of the stroke center at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in New York.“As we like to say, ‘time is brain,’ and every moment that goes by with the brain not getting enough blood flow...
Sex differences in stroke recovery. Prev Chronic Dis. 2005;2:A13. PubMed Google Scholar Berger JS, Roncaglioni MC, Avanzini F, Pangrazzi I, Tognoni G, Brown DL. Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in women and men: a sex-specific meta-analysis of randomized ...
For example, a prior analysis of stroke registry data indicates that elderly women who live in nursing homes are less likely to be admitted to acute care hospitals.145 Ultimately, more high-quality data are needed from screening logs to determine whether women are less likely to be approached ...
With the predicted increase in the aged population and longer life expectancies, the number and proportion of people living with stroke is expected to increase, especially among women and the elderly. For those who suffer stroke, there is a high likelihood of experiencing death and severe ...
Baztan JJ, Perez-Martinez DA, Fernandez-Alonso M, Aguado-Ortego R, Bellando-Alvarez G, de la Fuente-Gonzalez AM: Prognostic factors of functional recovery in very elderly stroke patients. A one-year follow-up study (in Spanish). Rev Neurol 2007;44:577–583. External Resources Pubmed/Medl...
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they are disproportionately affected by stroke, coincident with the loss of estrogen with menopause. The risk of stroke in elderly women exceeds that of men and it is clear that in some settings estrogen can have pro-inflammatory effects. This review will focus on estrogen and inflammation and ...
“China Stroke Prevention and Control Report 2020” showed that from 2017 to 2020, the prevalence of stroke in men was higher than that of women in China, and the prevalence in men showed an increasing trend year by year, while the trend in women was relatively stable [19]. The “China...
The main theme, to promote recovery of the body, encompassed the categories. There were, however, gender differences in how the nursing care received was experienced. The ways patients experienced nursing care seemed to be linked with their lives as women and men before they had the stroke. ...
In the UK, stroke treatment and productivity-loss result in societal costs of £8.9 billion a year, with care costs accounting for approximately 5% of total NHS costs. Cerebrovascular disease is the leading cause of epilepsy in elderly individuals, and the second most common cause of late-...