News tagged with acute stroke
Most Stroke Victims Arrive at Hospital Too Late for Drug Therapy
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most stroke patients arrive at the hospital too late to take advantage of a clot-busting drug that significantly reduces stroke symptoms and lessens the chance of permanent disability, according to researchers ...
Research team tests bedside monitoring of brain blood flow and metabolism in stroke victims
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death.
Women less likely to receive critical care after a stroke, researchers find
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Women are 30 percent less likely than men to receive a critical clot-busting drug than can limit brain damage after a stroke, according to a Michigan State University study.
Young adults with stroke symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed in emergency rooms
Feb 18, 2009 |
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In the Misdiagnosis of Acute Stroke in the Young During Initial Presentation in the Emergency Room study, researchers reviewed data on 57 patients, ages 16 to 50 years old, enrolled since 2001 in the Young Stroke Registry ...
UT Houston launches stem cell study for acute stroke patients
Feb 13, 2009 |
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A first-of-its-kind stem cell study to treat acute stroke victims is being launched by investigators at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
New stroke research could save lives and millions of dollars
Oct 23, 2008 |
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The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) Stroke Research Group has developed a system to fast track stroke treatment which could benefit thousands of Australian stroke patients and save millions of dollars annually.
Not a moment to lose in therapy for acute stroke
Sep 24, 2008 |
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In an editorial response to a report in the September 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine on the efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis treatment in the hours after acute ischemic stroke, Patrick Lyden, M.D., profes ...
