Absolutely everything in stroke is a failure and has been for 30 years.
Problems in stroke;
1. There is no
fast, easy and objective way to diagnose a stroke. Maybe when the
Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize is available. A number of friends have waited
hours in ERs until stroke symptoms have visibly manifested themselves.
http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/ 2013/11/34-teams-are-building- medical.html
2. Only 10% get to almost full recovery.http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
3. 12% tPA efficacy
http://wrkf.org/post/more-stroke-patients-now-get-clot-busting-drug
4. Nothing being done to stop the neuronal cascade of death during the first week.
http://newswire.rockefeller.
5. No one knows how to cure spasticity.
6. No one knows how to cure fatigue.
7. F.A.S.T is actually a failure because even at its best tPA is only delivered to 33% of those eligible and then of those that get it it only works to completely reverse the stroke 12% of the time.
But here is the latest back patting;
http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/penn-state-telemedicine-boosts-stroke-care-rural-patients/2014-08-21
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