Deans' stroke musings: Long-term outcome after reperfusion-treated stroke

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Long-term outcome after reperfusion-treated stroke

What will you do with these failure to recover results to ensure that 100% recovery will occur for the next patients?

Long-term outcome after reperfusion-treated stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (formerly the Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine) , Volume 49(4) , Pgs. 316-321.

NARIC Accession Number: J81407. What's this?
ISSN: 1650-1977.
Author(s): Muhr, Oscar; Persson, Hanna C.; Sunnerhagen, Katharina S..
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 6.
Abstract: Study explored motor function, health-related quality of life, and the impact on activities of daily living 5 and 6 years after reperfusion treatment in patients with stroke. Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment, which includes drugs and surgery, to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called thrombolysis. Intra-arterial thrombectomy is an increasingly common surgical treatment. A total of 75 patients with first-time stroke received either thrombectomy or thrombolytic treatment at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden during an 18-month period in 2009-2010. Follow-up involved questionnaires and clinical examinations at 5 and 6 years post stroke. The results were compared with an individually matched reference group. At follow-up, 54 people with reperfusion-treated stroke were alive, of whom 31 (57 percent) answered the questionnaires and 16 people agreed to a clinical examination. The Stroke Impact Scale showed impact in several areas, with the emotion domain being the most affected. The reperfusion-treated group reported significantly better strength and hand function compared with the reference group. Of those clinically examined, 44 percent were dependent in activities of daily living and 38 percent had cognitive impairment. Results indicate that long-term outcome after reperfusion treatment is relatively good, with treated individuals having better strength and hand function compared with a reference group. However, emotional and cognitive problems persist and need to be addressed.
Descriptor Terms: DAILY LIVING, LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MOTOR SKILLS, OUTCOMES, QUALITY OF LIFE, STROKE.

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Citation: Muhr, Oscar, Persson, Hanna C., Sunnerhagen, Katharina S.. (2017). Long-term outcome after reperfusion-treated stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (formerly the Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine) , 49(4), Pgs. 316-321. Retrieved 8/20/2019, from REHABDATA database.