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Effect of a tailored multidimensional intervention on the care burden among family caregivers of stroke survivors: a randomised controlled trial
Conclusion The main results showed that participants in the IG did not experience an improvement in the main outcomes. Nevertheless, the improvement in the psychological and social domains may have been attributed to our intervention. Trial registration number NCT04211662.
Source: BMJ Open - February 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elsheikh, M. A., Moriyama, M., Rahman, M. M., Kako, M., EL-Monshed, A. H., Zoromba, M., Zehry, H., Khalil, M. H., El-Gilany, A.-H., Amr, M. Tags: Open access, Nursing Source Type: research

Transcranial Doppler sonography for detecting stenosis or occlusion of intracranial arteries in people with acute ischaemic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: This review provides evidence that TCD or TCCD, administered by professionals with adequate experience and skills, can provide useful diagnostic information for detecting stenosis or occlusion of intracranial vessels in people with acute ischaemic stroke, or guide the request for more invasive vascular neuroimaging, especially where CT or MR-based vascular imaging are not immediately available. More studies are needed to confirm or refute the results of this review in a larger sample of stroke patients, to verify the role of contrast medium and to evaluate the clinical advantage of the use of ultrasound. ...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mattioni A, Cenciarelli S, Eusebi P, Brazzelli M, Mazzoli T, Del Sette M, Gandolfo C, Marinoni M, Finocchi C, Saia V, Ricci S Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research