Stroke is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, but new insight sheds light on possible prevention.
A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, ...
In any case, there was no mortality signal associated with alteplase administered up to 24 hours after a stroke in HOPE.
In an editorial, J. Mocco, MD, of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, characterized the DISTAL and ESCAPE-MeVO ...
Methods: Participants included 62 patients with acute ischemic stroke (24 left and 38 right) compared with 10 control participants with transient ischemic attack. Descriptions of the Precarious ...
Background: We investigate whether the NIHSS at 24 hours could serve as an alternative primary outcome measure in acute ischemic stroke trials, and whether combining 90-day modified Rankin Score (mRS) ...
A scientific statement by the AHA has been published regarding nursing wellness in cardiovascular and stroke care. The American Heart Association (AHA) has published a scientific statement on nursing ...
However, emergency hospital care is essential for heat stroke. In hospital, health professionals will focus on stabilising the patient’s: Meanwhile, they will use rapid-cooling techniques ...
A nurse forced to change an incontinent patient with dementia beside a vending machine and a patient dying from a cardiac arrest who couldn’t be given adequate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) ...