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Der Schlaganfall als medizinischer Notfall
1999
Studies into the pathophysiology of acute ischaemic stroke have indicated that treatment options are likely to be optimised when early signs of stroke are recognised and treatment is initiated within 3 hours from symptom onset. For most patients there is a long delay between the onset of symptoms and the start of therapy. Many factors are responsible for this time delay: signs and symptoms often go unrecognised by patients, relatives and bystanders and stroke is not given a high priority by medical staff. Although a small number of stroke patients is treated as emergency and attended to by the emergency medical services within this time window, this number could easily be increased by inten…
Schlaganfallversorgung in der Prähospitalphase
2003
In westlichen Industrienationen ist der Schlaganfall die dritthaufigste Todesursache und die haufigste Ursache fur erworbene Behinderungen uberhaupt. Optimale Behandlungsbedingungen bestehen nur dann, wenn die Fruhsymptome des Schlaganfalls rechtzeitig erkannt werden und die Behandlung innerhalb von 3 h nach Einsetzen der Erstsymptome eingeleitet wird. Eine „Rettungskette des Schlaganfalls” muss deshalb Konzepte zur Fruherkennung, eine rasche prahospitale Versorgung gefolgt von effizienter Diagnostik und eine unmittelbar einsetzende Akuttherapie sinnvoll integrieren. Der vorliegende Beitrag hat zum Ziel, diesen Ansatz unter besonderer Berurcksichtigung der prahospitalen Phase darzustellen. …
Implementation plan for stroke telemedicine in the Valencian Region
2016
Stroke telemedicine is a counselling modality that enables care of stroke patients at remote departmental hospitals by specialists at stroke units in reference hospitals. The planning and implementation of a hub-and-spoke telestroke network are complicated. This paper describes the implementation plan of Telestroke in the Valencian Region, Spain. A stroke telemedicine network was installed in the Valencian Region connecting the departmental hospitals with stroke teams, to the 6 public reference hospitals with a stroke unit. The implementation plan included the installation of the stroke telemedicine network with availability of connection over the internet by VPN. Strategies to ensure good …
Stroke--a medical emergency.
1999
Stroke is the third leading cause of death and number one cause of disability in industrialised countries. A number of new therapeutic approaches are currently in development for use in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke and all trials have, to date, demonstrated the importance of early diagnosis and subsequent initiation of treatment. It is well known that, for most patients, there is a long delay between the onset of symptoms and the start of treatment. A number of factors are responsible for this time delay: signs and symptoms often go unrecognised by patients, relatives, and bystanders and, unlike trauma or myocardial infarction, stroke is not given a high priority by medical staff. St…