Stroke Care During the First and the Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Community Hospital
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may alter a stroke course; thus, we compared stroke course during subsequent pandemic waves in a stroke unit (SU) from a hospital located in a rural area.Methods: A retrospective study included
Piotr Sobolewski +10 more
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Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]
, 2014 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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DECISION MAKING CHALLENGES IN ACUTE STROKE
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020 A 72 years old gentleman with no significant past medical history presented to our hospital with acute onset Right Ischemic arm, a CT with contrast of arm showed right brachial clot. Heparin 5000iu bolus was given, infusion was commenced and arrangements
Muhammad Mohsin Sajjad +2 more
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and COVID-19: A series of 6 cases from Lombardy, Italy
eNeurologicalSci, 2021 Posterior reversible encephalopathy cases are increasingly being reported in patients affected by COVID-19, but the largest series so far only includes 4 patients.
Antonio Colombo +26 more
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The Effects of Outdoor Air Pollutants on the Costs of Stroke Hospitalizations in China [PDF]
, 2019 Stroke, the most frequent cause of severe disability and the second cause of death among adults in the world, brings tremendous mental and economic burden to patients and their families.
Chen, Fang, Li, Luo, Zeng, Siyu
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Therapeutic Potential of Haptic TheraDrive: An Affordable Robot/Computer System for Motivating Stroke Rehabilitation [PDF]
, 2014 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 ...
Johnson, Michelle J. +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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What Are the Predictors of Acute Care Nurses' Stroke Knowledge?: Empirical Research Quantitative
Nursing OpenAims To examine the predictability of categorical and quantitative study variables on acute stroke knowledge amongst study participants. Design Non‐experimental, descriptive correlational.
Catherine T. Leach +4 more
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Reducing delay to endovascular reperfusion after relocating a thrombolysis unit
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Background and aimsFunctional outcome following mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion is time-dependent and worsens with increasing delay. Time to endovascular reperfusion is potentially modifiable
Nicolaj Grønbæk Laugesen +7 more
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Stroke Severity Affects Timing: Time From Stroke Code Activation to Initial Imaging is Longer in Patients With Milder Strokes. [PDF]
, 2018 Optimizing the time it takes to get a potential stroke patient to imaging is essential in a rapid stroke response. At our hospital, door-to-imaging time is comprised of 2 time periods: the time before a stroke is recognized, followed by the period after ...
Dhamoon, Mandip +4 more
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