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New process designed to streamline faster care for EMS triage, transport of stroke patients
(American Heart Association) The new Severity-based Stroke Triage Algorithm for emergency medical services (EMS) equips ambulance crews with information and tools to better identify a stroke, assess a patient's overall condition and determine the best hospital for the patient's specific treatment needs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 28, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Patient Care Pathway for Post-Stroke Spasticity and Bont Management in French Hospitals Through the Prism of PMSI Data
This study explores the incidence of spasticity post-stroke, its management with botulinum toxin (BoNT), and describes the patient care pathway over several years.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L Josseran, C Baptiste, D Bensmail, P Karam Source Type: research
Stroke patients receive clot-busting medication more than twice as fast as national rates
(Kaiser Permanente) Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California are delivering clot-busting medication to new stroke patients more than twice as fast as the national average. This follows the regionwide adoption of an integrated telemedicine program, according to new research published Dec. 15 in the journal Stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Canadian stroke victims at higher risk of dying in rural hospitals
(Universit é Laval) Canadians who suffer a stroke have a higher risk of dying if they are treated in a rural hospital rather than an urban one. According to a new study published in PLOS One by Universit é Laval researchers, the mortality rate in the months that follow a stroke is approximately 25 percent higher for patients treated in rural areas.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How fast can acute stroke treatment become to still be reliable?
(University of Helsinki) Neurologists around the world are aware that the delivery of thrombolytic treatment for stroke in Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, is freaking fast -- but is it too fast? A new study published on July 11 in the journal Neurology clarified whether the team of neurologists in Helsinki actually have enough time to diagnose stroke correctly before it is treated.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hispanic individuals benefit from skills-based stroke prevention intervention
(New York University) A culturally tailored program used when discharging stroke patients from the hospital helped to lower blood pressure among Hispanic individuals one year later, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Global Public Health. The almost 10 mm Hg reduction in systolic blood pressure measured in this study has been linked to a nearly 40-percent reduction in the risk of having another stroke in previous studies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ambulance nitroglycerin patch to lower blood pressure did not improve stroke outcomes
(American Heart Association) Despite the promise of earlier small studies, a patch to lower stroke patient's blood pressure before reaching the hospital didn't improve stroke outcomes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of heat stroke in China
AbstractHeat stroke (HS) is a fatal disease caused by thermal damage in the body, and it has a very high mortality rate. In 2015, the People ’s Liberation Army Professional Committee of Critical Care Medicine published the first expert consensus on HS in China,Expert consensus on standardized diagnosis and treatment for heat stroke. With an increased understanding of HS and new issues that emerged during the HS treatment in China in recent years, the 2015 consensus no longer meet the requirements for HS prevention and treatment. It is necessary to update the consensus to include the latest research evidence and establish...
Source: Military Medical Research - January 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Henry Ford Hospital earns re-certification as comprehensive stroke center by the joint commission
(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan has been re-certified by The Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest distinction of its kind which recognizes hospitals that have the ability to receive and treat the most complex stroke cases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How robots and brain-computer interfaces could transform stroke patients' recovery
(KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.) The NCyborg Project, a new stroke rehabilitation pattern based on brain-computer interface technology and brain-inspired intelligent robot technology, is a collaboration between China's Tongji Hospital and BrainCo. The two organizations will draw on these technologies to improve rehabilitation treatment and outcomes for stroke survivors.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Discrepancies in perception of fall risk between patients with subacute stroke and physical therapists in a rehabilitation hospital: a retrospective cohort study - Inoue S, Otaka Y, Horimoto Y, Shirooka H, Sugasawa M, Kondo K.
This study aimed to clarify the discrepancy between the perceived fall risk of hospitalized patients with stroke and the clinical judgment of physical therapists and to examine the chan...
Source: SafetyLit - June 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Post-Acute Expenditures among Patients Discharged Home after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) Trial
The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) pragmatic trial cluster-randomized 40 hospitals in North Carolina to the COMPASS transitional care (TC) post-acute care intervention or usual care. We estimated the difference in health care expenditures post-discharge for patients enrolled in the COMPASS-TC model of care compared to usual care.
Source: Value in Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yucheng Hou, Karishma D ’Souza, Anna M. Kucharska-Newton, Janet K. Freburger, Cheryl D. Bushnell, Jacqueline R. Halladay, Pamela W. Duncan, Justin G. Trogdon Source Type: research
Postacute Expenditures among Patients Discharged Home After Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) Trial
The COMPASS (COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services) pragmatic trial cluster-randomized 40 hospitals in North Carolina to the COMPASS transitional care (TC) postacute care intervention or usual care. We estimated the difference in healthcare expenditures postdischarge for patients enrolled in the COMPASS-TC model of care compared with usual care.
Source: Value in Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yucheng Hou, Karishma D ’Souza, Anna M. Kucharska-Newton, Janet K. Freburger, Cheryl D. Bushnell, Jacqueline R. Halladay, Pamela W. Duncan, Justin G. Trogdon Tags: Economic Evaluation Source Type: research
Northwestern Medicine researchers investigate stem cell therapy for stroke
(Northwestern Memorial Hospital) Clinical trial seeks to enroll people with disabling effects of ischemic stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Garbled text messages may be the only symptoms of stroke
(Henry Ford Health System) Difficulty or inability to write a coherent text message, even in patients who have no problem speaking, may become a "vital" tool in diagnosing a type of crippling stroke, according to new research at Henry Ford Hospital.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
