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Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words stroke in CT.

  2. 6. Influence of The Education and Training of Prehospital Medical Crews on Measures of Performance and Patient Outcomes

    Author : Hans Blomberg; Rolf Gedeborg; Jakob Johansson; Karl Michaelsson; Eldar Søreide; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ambulance; prehospital; education; CPR; stroke; trauma; outcome;

    Abstract : Prehospital care has developed dramatically the last decades with the implementation of new devices and educational concepts. Clinical decisions and treatments have moved out from the hospitals to the prehospital setting. In Sweden this has been accompanied by an increase in the level of competence, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 7. Exploring openEHR-based clinical guidelines in acute stroke care and research

    Author : Nadim Anani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Largely speaking, health information systems today are not able to exchange data between each other and understand the data’s meaning automatically by means of their information technology components. This lack of ‘interoperability’ also leads to patients experiencing an undesired discontinuity in their care. READ MORE

  5. 8. Homocysteine in cardiovascular disease with special reference to longitudinal changes

    Author : Johan Hultdin; Torbjörn Nilsson; Bertil Kågedal; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; homocysteine; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase MTHFR ; first-ever stroke; first-ever myocardial infarction; longitudinal; prospective; risk factor; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Clinical Chemistry; klinisk kemi;

    Abstract : Abnormalities in homocysteine metabolism have been suggested as risk factors for stroke and myocardial infarction. In retrospective studies, elevated levels of total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and/or methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C>T polymorphism have indicated an increase in risk. READ MORE

  6. 9. Intracerebral hemorrhage in patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke

    Author : Michael V. Mazya; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Background. Nearly 30000 people suffer a stroke in Sweden every year. Stroke is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer carrying a 17% mortality rate at three months. It is the most common cause of neurological disability in adults. READ MORE

  7. 10. Lacunar infarcts: Clinical, neuroimaging and prognostic features

    Author : Margareta Samuelsson; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurology; stroke outcome.; quantitative; sensory testing; Gadolinium-DTPA; magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebrovascular disease; lacunar infarction; neuropsychology; neurophysiology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

    Abstract : The thesis investigated clinical, neuroimaging and prognostic features in lacunar infarction. The studies were based on a series of 100 consequtive patients with a first-ever stroke and a lacunar syndrome investigated with CT, Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI, and with respect to large vessel disease and cardioembolic sources. READ MORE