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. Dat...

This study aimed to determine the provision of self-management education interventions reduce recurrence in stroke patients. Method: research design experimental with intact group comparison design. The number samples 60 people was calculated using G power software, taken by purposive sampling technique, 29 intervention groups and 31 control groups. conducted poly RSU Muhammadiyah Malang. instr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke mortality in the United States has declined since 1900. Primary prevention of stroke incidence did not decline and may have increased during the 1980s, whereas survival after stroke improved substantially during the 1970s and 1980s. The effect of these trends on the prevalence and number of stroke survivors in the United States has not been determined. METHODS Th...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between number of siblings, mortality risk, and stroke risk. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING 27 workplaces in Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 5765 employed men aged 35-64 from a variety of different workplaces, screened between 1970 and 1973. MAIN RESULTS There were strong relationships between number of siblings and socioeconomic variables an...

In January 2007, a telestroke system was established between a community hospital lacking a neurologist on call and a stroke centre 70 km away. The telestroke system allowed urgent remote evaluation of the patient by a specialized neurologist, supervised thrombolytic treatment or a decision for urgent transfer to the stroke centre. During the first year of operation of the telestroke system, we...

Background and purpose: Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to be linked to evolution of ischemic stroke, but the data regarding the association between stroke severity and vitamin D level is scarce. Materials and methods: Patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory within 7 days after the stroke were recruited. The control group included age an...

background: as yet migraine has been established as one of the risk factors for ischemic stroke. some of the factors have been assessed for the explanation of this relation. hyperhomocysteinemia is seen partly both in stroke and in migraine. this study was conducted to determine the mean plasma levels of homocysteine in ischemic stroke patients on the basis of migraine history.methods: this cro...

background: embolus is one of the causes of ischemic stroke that can be due to cardiac sources such as valvular heart diseases and atrial fibrillation and atheroma of the aorta. transesophageal echocardiography (tee) is superior in identifying potential cardiac sources of emboli. due to insufficient data on tee findings in ischemic stroke in iran, the present study was done to evaluate tee in d...

background: the national institutes of health stroke scale (nihss) can objectively quantify the severity of stroke. however no information is available about psychometric properties and it’s applicability in the iranian population. objectives: the present study purposed by utilization of this instrument for neurological deficits measurement due to stroke, to determine the internal consistency r...