Comprehensive stroke care: an overview.
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en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-89548
ABSTRACT
Stroke is a global epidemic and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. It ranks next to cardiovascular disease and cancer as a cause of death. "India is likely to suffer huge social and economic burden in the rehabilitation of stroke patients owing to increased life expectancy" and urbanization. Though, there are national programs in malaria eradication and tuberculosis control, there is hardly any governmental support in stroke management and rehabilitation. We propose to formulate stroke-prevention strategies specific to our national needs and covering all the age groups. Allocation of resources towards the stroke management and research is needed. Emphasis on stroke awareness in community should be stressed and should be inclusive of means of primordial and primary prevention apart from management of stroke and its recurrence. Recent international experience in stroke management has suggested the need of specialized stroke units (comprehensive stroke care under one roof). We wish to establish the need of creating awareness regarding the urgency of specialized care in acute stroke. We also wish to motivate our national health institutions to offer affordable, evidence based management of stroke and offer opportunities in stroke training and research.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Concienciación
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Factores de Tiempo
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Humanos
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Enfermedad Aguda
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Factores de Riesgo
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Activador de Tejido Plasminógeno
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Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto
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Medición de Riesgo
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Atención Integral de Salud
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Accidente Cerebrovascular
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Guía de Práctica Clínica
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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