Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
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Trends in Reperfusion Therapy for In-Hospital Ischemic Stroke in the Endovascular Therapy Era.
Importance A significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes occur while patients are hospitalized. Limited contemporary data exist on the utilization rates of intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy for in-hospital stroke. Objective To use a
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Identifying Gaps and Missed Opportunities for Intravenous Thrombolytic Treatment of Inpatient Stroke
Background: Inpatient stroke-codes (ISC) have traditionally seen low treatment rates with IV-thrombolytic (IVT). The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of true stroke, prevalent IVT-treatment gap and study the factors associated with ...
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Therapeutic Potential of Haptic TheraDrive: An Affordable Robot/Computer System for Motivating Stroke Rehabilitation [PDF]
There is a need for increased opportunities for effective neurorehabilitation services for stroke survivors outside the hospital environment. Efforts to develop low-cost robot/computer therapy solutions able to be deployed in home and community ...
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Background and purpose Spain has been one of the countries heavily stricken by COVID-19. But this epidemic has not affected all regions equally. We analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital stroke admissions and in-hospital mortality in ...
H. Tejada Meza +32 more
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Background and Purpose: Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, doctors and public authorities have demonstrated concern about the reduction in quality of care for other health conditions due to social restrictions and lack ...
Henrique Diegoli +9 more
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Stroke mimic diagnoses presenting to a hyperacute stroke unit. [PDF]
Stroke services have been centralised in several countries in recent years. Diagnosing acute stroke is challenging and a high proportion of patients admitted to stroke units are diagnosed as a non-stroke condition (stroke mimics).
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Urban-Rural Inequities in Acute Stroke Care and In-Hospital Mortality
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background and Purpose: The rural-urban life-expectancy gap is widening, but underlying causes are incompletely understood.
Gmerice Hammond +4 more
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Microglial activation occurs early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and previous studies reported both detrimental and protective effects of microglia on AD progression.
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Patterns, predictors, variations, and temporal trends in emergency medical service hospital prenotification for acute ischemic stroke. [PDF]
BACKGROUND#ENTITYSTARTX02014;: Emergency medical services (EMS) hospital prenotification of an incoming stroke patient is guideline recommended as a means of increasing the timeliness with which stroke patients are evaluated and treated.
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