Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disabilities and is largely preventable (80%). Evidence indicates that patients receiving care from stroke specialized nurses, including nurse-led stroke ...

The last thing on his mind was that he might be suffering a stroke — but that’s exactly what was happening ... game-changing care When a pulmonary embolism threatened a patient's life, Huntington ...

An interdisciplinary initiative was launched that engaged stakeholders from patient safety, the stroke team, and nursing education. The project team concentrated on implementing hospital-wide ...

The South London Stroke Register (SLSR) is a prospective population-based stroke register set up in January 1995, recording all first-ever strokes in patients of all ages for an inner area of South ...

Despite progress in prevention, recognition and treatment, exertional heat stroke (EHS) persists across multiple levels ... followed by strategies to enhance patient outcomes (box 1).

Here, we report clinical changes made by the chronic stroke patients treated on the programme, factors that might predict responsiveness to therapy and the relationship between changes in impairment ...

On postoperative day 1, the pain was still severe but was relieved when the patient was in a sitting or standing position. X-rays in the supine position show that the drain is in contact with the ...

In a parallel study published in 2024, Kalra and colleagues found that GFAP levels could rapidly distinguish who had a bleeding stroke among unresponsive patients. In this study, researchers ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Researchers continue to advance the science to determine best treatments for stroke. Based on an international study of 530 patients, researchers discovered that while the clot ...

Ordinarily, as a stroke patient is learning to regain their sense of balance, a therapist assesses how stable they appear to be when walking, standing, or performing other activities. One problem ...

(Richard Mantha/Facebook) A Calgary judge ruled Friday that accused serial rapist Richard Mantha is fit to stand trial despite his inability to speak following a stroke last year. In May ...

A Calgary judge ruled Friday that accused serial rapist Richard Mantha is fit to stand trial despite his inability to speak following a stroke last year. In May, while awaiting the second half of ...