Acute stroke care is a multidisciplinary effort that has seen tremendous change in the past decade. The overall effort of treating stroke patients to optimize their outcome has experienced a few medical advances and a number of political/organizational advances. The most notable medical advances are reperfusion efforts for acute ischemic stroke as well as significant advances in imaging stroke ...

conclusions the stroke hospital admission rate might be increasing in birjand. therefore, health care administrators and public health authorities must work harder to promote the knowledge and practice of society about the stroke related risk factors and prevention methods. results totally, 1219 stroke (85.4% ischemic type) with the mean age of 69.6 ± 12.9 years and female: male ratio of 1.09 w...

background: massive ischemic stroke causes significant mortality and morbidity in stroke patients. the main treatments for massive ischemic stroke are recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtpa), craniotomy, and endovascular interventions. due to destructive  effects  of   bradykinin  on  the  nervous system in ischemic stroke, it seems reasonable that using noscapine as a bradykinin antago...

background stroke is an unexpected major life incident that effect on physical functioning and can lead to changes in lifestyle and inability to manage self care, work or leisure. to explore the everyday life situation as experienced by stroke survivors, and their family caregivers, this study was conducted 3-6 month after stroke. methods twelve stroke survivors and thirteen family caregivers w...

thrombolysis for stroke is being used in some developing countries. this study was designed to evaluate the problems of thrombolysis therapy in iran. during january-july 2008, all patients with ischemic stroke admitted to ghaem hospital, mashhad, northeast iran, were enrolled in a prospective observational study. ghaem hospital is a tertiary care hospital that includes infrastructure for thromb...

Background: Rehabilitation is a main part of stroke treatment. Stroke causes reduced quality of life (QOL) among stroke survivors and significant strain on Caregivers.However, family role on the rehabilitation team andprogram should present on family-based. Aim: The effect of home-based stroke rehabilitation on quality of life of stroke survivors and their family caregiver strain. Method: This ...

Introduction: Elevated levels of CRP are present among patients at risk for further first-ever myocardial infarction and stroke. It has been shown that after ischemic stroke, increased levels of CRP are associated with unfavorable outcomes. Methods: From 120 patients admitted to the emergency unit of our hospital with the diagnosis of stroke CRP, D-dimer and ferritin level was measured and the ...

Objective: To evaluate low-molecular-weight (LMW) DNA as possible prognostic biomarker in acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Methods:  LMW DNA samples were isolated from plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by phenol deproteinization, analyzed by gradient polyacrylamide electrophoresis and quantified by spectrophotometry. Results: Two common types of the stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, differ...

This study examined whether dietary supplementation can be used to protect against ischemic stroke. Two groups of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats initially received NT-020, a proprietary formulation of blueberry, green tea, Vitamin D3, and carnosine (n = 8), or vehicle (n = 7). Dosing for NT-020 and vehicle consisted of daily oral administration (using a gavage) over a 2-week period. On day 14 f...