The Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroradiology Division employed an experience and evidence based approach to develop a neuroimaging algorithm to best select patients with severe ischemic strokes ...

A stroke is one of those emergencies that need immediate attention, so it’s important to recognize the signs. To help remember the key signs of a stroke, the acronym FAST is used to help assess a ...

Abstract Background and Purpose— Early identification of stroke patients in need of rehabilitation or long-term nursing facility (NF) care may promote more efficient use of health care resources and ...

Since stroke disease often causes death or serious disability, active primary prevention and early detection of prognostic symptoms are very important. Stroke diseases can be divided into ischemic ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted established care paths worldwide. Patient awareness of the pandemic and executive limitations imposed on public life have changed the perception of when ...

UI Health Care also offers more information about stroke and available resources. To learn more about stroke care, prevention, or to schedule an appointment, visit here. Remember: BE FAST.

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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores were assessed every 10 minutes until thrombectomy began. The primary endpoint was early neurologic deterioration, defined as a worsening ...

The signs of a PCS generally are not familiar to the public and to first-line responders. This unfamiliarity leads to failure to recognize a PCS promptly, transport a patient quickly to the ...

Across the study period, 12.1% (n=1360 patients; median age, 56.5 years; 73.2% White, 11.1% Black; 6.5% Hispanic; 32.0% women) of 11,285 patients with CeAD-AIS received IVT. Patients treated with ...

RESULTS The primary endpoint results from AcT were found to be reproducible, robust, not a chance finding, and without bias, confirming that tenecteplase was non‐inferior to alteplase and ...