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China stroke surveillance report 2021
AbstractSince 2015, stroke has become the leading cause of death and disability in China, posing a significant threat to the health of its citizens as a major chronic non-communicable disease. According to the China Stroke High-risk Population Screening and Intervention Program, an estimated 17.8 million [95% confidence interval (CI) 17.6 –18.0 million] adults in China had experienced a stroke in 2020, with 3.4 million (95% CI 3.3–3.5 million) experiencing their first-ever stroke and another 2.3 million (95% CI 2.2–2.4 million) dying as a result. Additionally, approximately 12.5% (95% CI 12.4–12.5%) of stroke survi...
Source: Military Medical Research - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

What Sub-Saharan African Nations Can Teach the U.S. About Black Maternal Health
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) New research shows that Black mothers in the United States disproportionately live in counties with higher maternal vulnerability and face greater risk of preterm death for the fetus, greater risk of low birth weight for a baby, and a higher number of maternal deaths. While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. poli...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality North America Poverty & SDGs Maternal Health Source Type: news

Seventeen genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms
(Universit é de Gen è ve) Intracranial aneurysm is a dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture results in extremely severe haemorrhage. In the framework of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium, a team led by the University of Geneva, the University Hospitals of Geneva and the University of Utrecht has examinated the genome of more than 10,000 people suffering from aneurysms. 17 genetic abnormalities have been identified, notably involved in the functioning of the vascular endothelium.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Subarachnoid hemorrhage and the need for expert treatment
(St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center) Research led by the head of the Barrow Neurological Institute and published in the July 20, 2017 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reveals that subarachnoid hemorrhages, which are caused by ruptured brain aneurysms, account for 5-10 percent of all strokes and are best managed by experienced and dedicated experts at high-volume centers with neurosurgeons, endovascular surgeons and stroke neurologists.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

A comprehensive analysis of dispatching of traumatic brain injuries in the Fifth Period at the RAJAIE Hospital in Ghachsaran - Alidadi A, Zaboli R, Abedi R, Soltanizarandi MR.
INTRODUCTION: Increasing car accidents in young group and head-stroke mechanisms in developing countryis are the main cause of brain lesions and injuries related to trauma, so that traumatic severe brain lesions and injuries and uncontrollable hemorrhage a...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Risk factors of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke among hospitalized patients in Bangladesh - A case control study
The risk factor profiles, management and outcome have significant difference between stroke subsets. Aim of this study was to investigate the risk for the two most common subtypes of stroke in Bangladeshi population. Seventy cases of hemorrhagic stroke (HS) and 105 cases of confirmed ischemic stroke (IS) were recruited from the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (ShSMCH) and Dhaka Medical College Hospital between January-June 2011. Total 171 age, sex matched controls were selected from the hospitalized patients with history of no stroke ever. Average hemorrhagic stroke patients (60.4 ±12.3 years) were younger tha...
Source: Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin - November 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Study On The Inpatient Hospital Costs Of Hemorrhagic Stroke Inpatients In China
By estimating the direct medical cost of hemorrhagic stroke inpatients with urban basic health insurance scheme(exclude new rural cooperative medical care system )from 2010 to 2012 in China, we try to provide evidence for the government to manage the illness more effectively.
Source: Value in Health - May 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Y. Ma, Z. Li, L. Wang Source Type: research

Rates of intracerebral haemorrhage in Australia appear to be falling
(University of New South Wales) A large retrospective, observational study of hospital admissions and death registrations data has shown that both the overall incidence and mortality rates of intracerebral hemorrhage are falling in Australia. This may be the result of widespread implementation of prevention and treatment programs, the researchers say. (ICH is a type of stroke.)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

For brain hemorrhage, risk of death is lower at high-volume hospitals
(Wolters Kluwer Health) For patients with a severe type of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage, treatment at a hospital that treats a high volume of subarachnoid hemorrhage cases is associated with a lower risk of death, reports a study in the November 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 24, 2014 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

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

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

The influence of the day of the week of hospital admission on the prognosis of stroke patients.
This study aimed to evaluate the weekday and weekend distribution of stroke case hospital admissions and their respective prognosis based on a sample from the Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral (EMMA), a cohort of stroke patients admitted to a community hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. We ascertained all consecutive cases of first-time strokes between April 2006 and December 2008 and performed a subsequent one-year follow-up. No association was found between frequency of hospital admissions due to ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes and the specific day of the week on which the admissio...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barros JB, Goulart AC, Alencar AP, Lotufo PA, Bensenor IM Tags: Cad Saude Publica Source Type: research