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Background The development of ambulatory emergency care services, now called ‘Same Day Emergency Care’ (SDEC) has been advocated to provide sustainable high quality healthcare in an ageing population.
Tania C. N. Elias +4 more
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Background. The efficacy of alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is highly time dependent. Hence, alteplase is administered as soon as possible with a bolus followed by an infusion.
Paul Acheampong +3 more
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Background: T 2 relaxation-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals may provide onset time for acute ischemic strokes with an unknown onset. The ability of visual and quantitative MRI-based methods in a cohort of hyperacute ischemic stroke patients
Bryony L McGarry +10 more
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Background: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) tends to affect multiple arterial segments, and previous studies rarely performed a comprehensive plaque analysis of the entire circle of Willis for the evaluation of recurrent stroke risk. We aimed
Beibei Sun +13 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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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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A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Ischaemic Stroke Caused by Nontissue Emboli
Introduction. The inadvertent or purposeful introduction of foreign bodies or substances can lead to cerebral infarction if they embolize to the brain.
Ciaran Judge +3 more
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To review the management and some of the recent advances in acute haemorrhagic stroke.Articles and published reviews on acute haemorrhagic stroke.Hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage or subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) from a ruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm are the commonest causes for an acute haemorrhagic stroke.
L I, Worthley, A W, Holt
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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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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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