Journal article
Management of acute stroke: impact of registration studies
Acta neurologica Taiwanica, Vol.19(3), pp.153-163
09/2010
PMID: 21046514
Abstract
Stroke is a life-threatening or life-changing disease that is expensive in health care costs and lost productivity. Stroke also is a leading cause of human suffering. While the risk of stroke may be reduced with advances in prevention, recent advances in acute care can limit the consequences of stroke. In particular, the success of reperfusion therapies including intra-arterial interventions and intravenous administration of thrombolytic agents means that some patients with stroke may be cured. Still, the time window for effective treatment of stroke is relatively short. As a result, modern stroke management requires the close collaboration of the public, health care providers, administrators, insurance companies, and the government. Potential strategies to extend modern stroke care to as many patients as possible include 1) educational programs to train community emergency medical service personnel and physicians, 2) development of stroke care plans at community hospitals, 3) an integrated community-comprehensive stroke center program based on consultation, and telemedicine. The goal is to have a highly integrated approach to provide emergency treatment of the stroke that provides key emergency treatment, including intravenous administration of thrombolytic medications, at a community hospital (primary stroke center) with evacuation to a comprehensive stroke center that has resources and expertise that are not available in the primary stroke center. Taiwan is an ideal location for the development of such regional stroke programs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Management of acute stroke: impact of registration studies
- Creators
- Harold P Adams Jr - Division of Cerebrovascular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care Stroke Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. harold-adams@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Acta neurologica Taiwanica, Vol.19(3), pp.153-163
- Publisher
- China (Republic : 1949- )
- PMID
- 21046514
- ISSN
- 1028-768X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2010
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984020725202771
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