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Secondary prevention

2018
There are no specific guidelines regarding secondary stroke prevention in young adult stroke patients. Recommendations for secondary prevention are mainly extrapolated from data obtained from older individuals, because young adults were excluded or under-represented in most secondary stroke prevention clinical trials.
José M. Ferro, Ana Catarina Fonseca
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Secondary prevention of cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology, 1996
In recent years prevention has become extremely important in the war against cancer. For many cancers, major risk factors are not amenable to change and, therefore, secondary prevention through screening and early detection is the major type of intervention.
L S, Caplan, M, Hutton, D S, Miller, S W, Wyatt   +3 more
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Secondary prevention of stroke

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 2009
Stroke and transient ischemic attacks result from a range of mechanisms. Secondary prevention includes both conventional approaches to vascular risk-factor management (blood pressure lowering, cholesterol reduction with statins, smoking cessation and antiplatelet therapy) and more specific interventions, such as carotid endarterectomy or ...
Niall J J, MacDougall, Sanjay, Amarasinghe, Keith W, Muir   +2 more
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Secondary Prevention of Cancer

Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2005
To review criteria for mass cancer screening among asymptomatic populations and barriers to secondary prevention of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. To describe challenges to implementing theoretically based interventions to increase appropriate cancer screening, follow-up, and surveillance.Published journal articles, text books, and ...
Victoria L, Champion, Susan M, Rawl
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Secondary Prevention of Stroke

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 1999
SummaryStroke is a common disorder and a leading cause of disability and death. Ischaemia is a more common cause than haemorrhage and radiological imaging is required to accurately differentiate these. Some specific risk factors for stroke are non-modifiable – these include age, gender, racial and hereditary factors.
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Primary and Secondary Prevention

Journal of Hypertension, 1987
Risk factors for myocardial infarction, sudden coronary death, angina pectoris, stroke and total mortality were analysed in a random population sample of men aged 47-55 years at entry, and followed for 11.8 years. Lipid disturbances, tobacco smoking, elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, obesity, low physical leisure-time activity, psychological ...
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Secondary Prevention

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2019
Hans-Christoph Diener, Gregory W. Albers
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Secondary Cataract Prevention

Ophthalmology, 2007
Tanja M, Rabsilber, Il-Joo, Limberger, Andreas J, Reuland, Mike P, Holzer, Gerd U, Auffarth   +4 more
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Preventing Secondary Brain Injury

AACN Advanced Critical Care, 1992
Traumatic brain injury affects approximately 500,000 persons each year. For those patients who survive until they reach the hospital, the major goal of the health care team is to prevent secondary injuries or insults that may follow the initial event and worsen the brain injury.
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After Incest: Secondary Prevention?

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1985
The course and outcome of therapy for 22 girls, victims of incest, referred to a child psychiatry clinic are reviewed. Obstacles to carrying out successful psychotherapy are found to include economic, procedural, social, counter-transference-related and intrapsychic factors.
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