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What impacts whether African Americans call 9-1-1 immediately for stroke symptoms?
(University of Michigan Health System) African-Americans know the signs of stroke, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Technique could identify patients at high risk of stroke or brain hemorrhage
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Early detection would allow physicians to alter treatment and take steps to prevent these complications -- the leading cause of death for patients on ECMO.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study: Racial, ethnic differences in outcomes following stroke known as subarachnoid hemorrhage
(St. Michael's Hospital) Race or ethnicity can be a significant clue in the United States as to who will survive a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage and who will be discharged to institutional care, a new study has found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study finds socio-economic status impact mortality rates for certain stroke in US
(St. Michael's Hospital) Americans in the highest socio-economic groups have a 13 percent greater chance of surviving a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage than those in the lowest socio-economic groups, a new study has found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Analysis of risk factors affecting prognosis of exertional heat stroke - Zhao JJ, Zhou JJ, Hu J, Zhou FH, Kang HJ, Liu H, Pan L, Song Q.
OBJECTIVE: To determine prognostic risk factors of exertional heat stroke (EHS). METHODS: Sixty-nine patients who met the case definition of EHS at ten military hospitals from June 2002 to August 2012 were enrolled in this retrospective study. The clinical...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Telestroke service increases rates of 'clot-buster' treatment for stroke, reports Neurosurgery
(Wolters Kluwer Health) A telestroke service increases the rate of effective tissue plasminogen activator therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke treated at community hospitals, according to a report in the October issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(Women's College Hospital) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto. What's more, the vaccine's heart protective effects may be even greater among those who receive a more potent vaccine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(University Health Network) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Factors affecting falls in community-dwelling individuals with stroke in Singapore after hospital discharge - Chin LF, Wang J, Ong CH, Lee WK, Kong KH.
This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the incidence of falls among individuals with stroke living in the community one year after discharge from a rehabilitation hospital in Singapore. METHODS: A cross-sectional telephone surv...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Falls Source Type: news

Effect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following ischemic stroke
(The JAMA Network Journals) Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues examined whether moderate lowering of blood pressure within the first 48 hours after the onset of an acute ischemic stroke would reduce death and major disability at 14 days or hospital discharge.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Surgery after major stroke also improves survival odds in elderly patients
(Heidelberg University Hospital) Patients who are over the age of 60 and have suffered a major stroke due to blockage of the middle cerebral artery benefit from hemicraniectomy -- removal of part of the skull located above the affected brain tissue. These patients' chances of survival increase two-fold. However, patients who have been operated on often survive with severe disabilities, while patients who do not undergo the surgery generally die quickly (published now in New England Journal of Medicine).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Emergency department visits for heat stroke in the United States, 2009 and 2010 - Wu X, Brady JE, Rosenberg H, Li G.
Background: The effect of extreme heat on health has become a growing public health concern due to climate change. We aimed to examine the epidemiological patterns of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for heat stroke in the United States. ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Impaired reactive stepping among patients ready for discharge from inpatient stroke rehabilitation - Inness EL, Mansfield A, Lakhani B, Bayley M, McIlroy WE.
BACKGROUND & PURPOSE: Individuals with stroke are at increased risk for falls soon after hospital discharge. The ability to react to a balance perturbation, specifically with a rapid step, is critical to maintain balance and prevent falls. The purpose of t...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Helping stroke patients transition from hospital to home
(Michigan State University) Stroke patients and their family caregivers often find the transition from hospital to home difficult. However, a new $2 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will help Michigan State University researchers look at ways to improve that experience using a nontraditional approach.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

For stroke patients, hospital bed position is delicate balancing act
(Loyola University Health System) During the first 24 hours after a stroke, attention to detail --such as hospital bed positioning -- is critical to patient outcomes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news