background: stroke is one of the most frequent causes of death and disability worldwide and has significant clinical and socioeconomic impact. hyperlipidemia and inflammation play major roles in atherothrombosis and in stroke. this study is conducted to compare the high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) levels and the lipid profile parameters between stroke patients and control group and de...

Background: Ischemic stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Various studies on the etiology of this disease are in progress. Some studies have suggested that opium abuse may is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke. The present study aimed to analyze the frequency of opium addiction and to compare cerebrovascular ultrasound patients’ changes to non-addicts. Me...

Stroke Surveillance: The Concept of Stroke Team in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention • The Stroke Project in the Sacramento Medical Center has had two primary objectives. These were: (1) to create an atmosphere of stroke awareness by continuous feedback of relevant and reliable information to physicians who care for stroke patients, and (2) to introduce the concept of the stroke team in daily...

An informed consent article using Hammond FM, Alexander DN, Cutler AJ, et al. PRISM II: an open-label study to assess effectiveness of dextromethorphan/quinidine for pseudobulbar affect in patients with dementia, stroke or traumatic brain injury. BMC Neurology. 2016;16:89. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-016-0609-0 a patient following stroke.

Background: Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is the second cause of death and disability in the world. Heart failure can co-occur with CVA and increases the risk of death and disability in patients. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of heart failure in patients with ischemic stroke. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the information of patients with ischem...

Background: Stroke is a non communicable disease of increasing importance. major cause death and disability in the world. Individual who suffered from stroke are at high risk suffering recurrent stroke. So it important to establish factor for secondary prevention. The aim this study find out association helps take steps reduce Materials methods: This cross sectional observational case control w...

background and purpose: cancer and cerebrovascular accidents (cva) are two most common causes of mortality and morbidity in the elderly. patients with brain tumor can be highly affected by postsurgical stroke. cva may be the first manifestation in these patients . therefore, we aimed to assess the epidemiological factors affecting cva after brain surgery. methods: in this cross-sectional study ...

BACKGROUND We recently indicated that patient age on its own is not a determinant of quality of allied health care received after an acute stroke. It has not been tested whether other non-age variables influence care decisions made by allied health professionals. This paper explores demographic and stroke-related variables that are putatively associated with the quality of care provided to acut...