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BackgroundEmbedding Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in postgraduate research has been recognized as an important component of post-graduate training, providing research scholars with an awareness and a skillset in an area which prepares them for ...
Frances Horgan +28 more
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Acupuncture for Acute Stroke [PDF]
Acupuncture-like sensory stimulation activates multiple efferent (nerve) pathways leading to altered activity in numerous neural systems. Acupuncture is widely accepted by Chinese people and it is increasingly requested by patients and their relatives in Western countries.To assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in patients with acute ...
S H, Zhang, M, Liu, K, Asplund, L, Li
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Naftidrofuryl for Acute Stroke [PDF]
Stroke is the third most common cause of death and the most common cause of disability in the western world. The development of drugs to limit the effects of brain damage caused by stroke continues but no routine effective treatment has yet been identified.
J, Leonardi-Bee +2 more
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Acute intracerebral hemorrhage is the most devastating stroke subtype and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Poor prognosis is associated with primary brain injury from the presenting hematoma, and despite advances in clinical trials
Kailash Krishnan +22 more
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Acupuncture for Acute Stroke [PDF]
Sensory stimulation via acupuncture has been reported to alter activities of numerous neural systems by activating multiple efferent pathways. Acupuncture, one of the main physical therapies in Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been widely used to treat patients with stroke for over hundreds of years.
Mangmang, Xu, Dan, Li, Shihong, Zhang
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Ultrasound Assessment of Extracranial Carotids and Vertebral Arteries in Acute Cerebral Ischemia
Assessing ischemic etiology and mechanism during the acute phase of an ischemic stroke is crucial in order to tailor and monitor appropriate treatment and determine prognosis.
Klearchos Psychogios +8 more
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Growth Differentiation Factor-11 Causes Neurotoxicity During Ischemia in vitro
Age-related neuronal dysfunction can be overcome by circulating factors present in young blood. Growth differentiation factor-11 (GDF-11), a systemic factor that declines with age, can reverse age-related dysfunction in brain, heart and skeletal muscle ...
Brad A. Sutherland +9 more
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Glycerol for Acute Stroke [PDF]
Brain oedema is a major cause of early death after stroke. A 10% solution of glycerol is a hyperosmolar agent that is claimed to reduce brain oedema.To determine whether I.V. glycerol treatment in acute stroke, either ischaemic or haemorrhagic, influences death rates and functional outcome in the short or long term and whether the treatment is safe.The
Righetti, Enrico +5 more
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Mannitol for acute stroke [PDF]
Mannitol is an osmotic agent and a free radical scavenger which might decrease oedema and tissue damage in stroke.To test whether treatment with mannitol reduces short and long-term case fatality and dependency after acute ischaemic stroke or intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH).We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (searched December 2006),
D, Bereczki +3 more
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Long Term Cognitive Function After Cardiac Arrest: A Mini-Review
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. With better pre- and inhospital treatment, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as an integrated part of public education and more public-access defibrillators ...
Guri Hagberg +8 more
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