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Quality Improvement in Acute Ischemic Stroke Care in Taiwan: The Breakthrough Collaborative in Stroke
by Fang-I Hsieh, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Chang-Ming Chern, Tsong-Hai Lee, Sung-Chun Tang, Li-Kai Tsai, Hsun-Hsiang Liao, Hang Chang, Kenneth A. LaBresh, Hung-Jung Lin, Hung-Yi Chiou, Hou-Chang Chiu, Li-Ming Lien, for the BTS-Stroke Investigators In the management of acute ischemic stroke, guideline adherence is often suboptimal, particularly for intravenous thrombolysis or anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation. We sought to improve stroke care quality via a collaborative model, the Breakthrough Series (BTS)-Stroke activity, in a nationw ide, multi-center activity in Taiwan. A BTS Collaborative, a short-term learning system fo...
Source: PLoS One - August 2, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Fang-I Hsieh Source Type: research

Machine learning-based segmentation of ischemic penumbra by using diffusion tensor metrics in a rat model
Recent trials have shown promise in intra-arterial thrombectomy after the first 6 –24 h of stroke onset. Quick and precise identification of the salvageable tissue is essential for successful stroke management....
Source: Journal of Biomedical Science - July 15, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Duen-Pang Kuo, Po-Chih Kuo, Yung-Chieh Chen, Yu-Chieh Jill Kao, Ching-Yen Lee, Hsiao-Wen Chung and Cheng-Yu Chen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Clinical and Basic Evaluation of the Prognostic Value of Uric Acid in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Conclusions: UA acted to attenuate neuronal loss, cerebral perfusion impairment and neurological deficits in TBI mice through suppression of neuronal and vascular oxidative stress. Following TBI, active antioxidant defense in the brain may result in consumption of UA in the serum, and thus, a decreased serum UA level could be predictive of good clinical recovery. PMID: 30013449 [PubMed - in process]
Source: International Journal of Medical Sciences - July 18, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Int J Med Sci Source Type: research

The KATP channel opener, nicorandil, ameliorates brain damage by modulating synaptogenesis after ischemic stroke
by Yuanzheng Zhao, Zhuoying Yang, Yuanhong He, Ruonan Sun, Heping Yuan With population growth and aging, more and more patients with cerebral infarction have varying degrees of disability. ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels regulate many cellular functions by coupling metabolic status with cell membrane electrical activity. Nicorandil (N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-nicotin amide nitrate) is the first KATP channel opener approved for clinical use. It has been reported that it might exert protective effects on the cerebral infarction by increasing cerebral blood flow and reducing inflammation. However, only a few studies explored...
Source: PLoS One - January 26, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Yuanzheng Zhao Source Type: research

A comparative study on machine learning-based classification to find photothrombotic lesion in histological rabbit brain images
In this study, we established machine learning-based algorithms to detect photothrombotic lesions in histological images of photothrombosis-induced rabbit brains. Six machine learning-based algorithms for binary classification were applied, and the accuracies were compared to classify normal tissues and photothrombotic lesions. The lesion classification model consisting of a 3-layered neural network with a rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation function, Xavier initialization, and Adam optimization using datasets with a unit size of [math] pixels yielded the highest accuracy (0.975). In the validation using the tested his...
Source: Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences - July 2, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Sang Hee Jo Yoonhee Kim Yoon Bum Lee Sung Suk Oh Jong-ryul Choi Source Type: research