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Management of ischaemic stroke 

Management of ischaemic stroke
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Management of ischaemic stroke
Author(s):

Sully Xiomara Fuentes Patarroyo

and Craig Anderson

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0236
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date: 16 January 2021

Ischaemic stroke is the most common cause of stroke around the world. It is a complex disease with a range of causes, manifestations, outcomes, and treatments. As the therapeutic time window to rescue or ‘protect’ the brain from ischaemic damage is extremely short, effective treatment requires coordinated systems of care, which commence in the prehospital paramedical setting and continue through the emergency department into the critical care environment, neurology ward, rehabilitation, and re-settlement back home. Successful outcomes from ischaemic stroke can be achieved through the effective use of thrombolytic therapy to re-canalize an occluded vessel and re-perfuse the ‘at risk’ area of the brain. Other aspects of management include the prevention of complications of the neurological (cerebral) disability, timely introduction of rehabilitation, realistic goal-setting towards satisfactory recovery, and secondary prevention measures to reduce the high risk of recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events.

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