Stroke treatment in Stroke Unit: from scientific evidences to clinical practice

Stroke treatment and prevention: from clinical trials to daily practice.

Stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke

Background: Stroke mimic is a major diagnostic challenge and may be difficult to distinguish from real strokes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative frequency of stroke mimics in patients with clinical signs of stroke. Methods: In this cross sectional-study, the medical records of 1985 patients with stroke admitted to Poursina Hospital were enrolled using the census technique. ...

Near-infrared spectroscopy in stroke: from research to clinical practice.

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Outcome of patients with stroke admitted in stroke care unit and Neurologic

Introduction: Admission of patients with severe National Institutes of health stroke scale (NIHSS Score>16) or moderate (NIHSS 8 through 16) acute stroks is different. Taking care of stroke patients admitted in stroke unit care (SCU) is costly. In comparison with admission in general neurology ward, we assessed the outcome of such patients based on stroke care unit (SCU) versus general neurol...

Clinical evidences of brain plasticity in stroke patients.

Emerging findings deriving from neuromodulation and neuroradiology are providing us new insights about plas- ticity and functional reorganization of the brain after stroke, but the direct clinical assessment of motor function should still be considered an indispensable tool for the evaluation of the effects of plasticity in stroke patients. Recovery of motor function can be spontaneous or guide...