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Category Archives: Stroke
Optimal Timing of Blood Pressure Medication: Insight Into Chronotherapy for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction (BBC News / EHJ / Bazian)
Summary Results from the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial suggest that blood pressure medicines may be more effective at lowering blood pressure, and reducing the risk of heart attacks and / or stroke, when taken at bedtime. Full Text Link Reference Roberts, M. (2019). Blood … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Stroke, Universal Interest
Tagged Asleep Blood Pressure, Atlantic Research Center for Information and Communication Technologies (AtlantTIC), Bazian, BBC Health News, Bedtime Hypertension, Bioengineering and Chronobiology Laboratories: University of Vigo, Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Medications, Blood Pressure Medications (Timing), Body Clock, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction, Chronotherapy, Circadian Cycles, Circadian Factors, Circadian Rhythms, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Critical Appraisals, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, Estructura de Xestión Integrada de Ourense, Estructura de Xestión Integrada de Santiago de Compostela: Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Estructura de Xestión Integrada de Vigo: Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), European Heart Journal, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Human Circadian Clock, Hygia Project Investigators, Hygia Chronotherapy Trial, Hypertension, Myocardial Infarction, NCT03457168, Servicio de Nefrología: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Spain, Stroke Risk Factor Modification, University of Vigo, University of Vigo (Spain)
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More On the Cold Weather Theme (NHS England / BBC News)
Summary NHS England has advised the elderly to keep warm, whether indoors or outdoors. Statistics indicate that heart attacks and related hospital admissions are likely to increase immediately following cold weather. “Hospitals also see a rise in the admission of … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Campaign to End Loneliness, Cold Weather, Emotional and Social Isolation, Harm From Cold Weather, Impact of Cold Weather on Health, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Falls and Injuries, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Heart Attack, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Hypothermia, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Respiratory Disease, Impact of Cold Weather on Health: Stroke, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Jo Cox Loneliness Commission, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Professor Keith Willett: NHS England’s Director of Acute Care, Rachel Reeves: Co-Chair of Jo Cox Loneliness Commission, Reducing Social Isolation, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Social Isolation, Winter Pressures
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Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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World Stroke Day and Recent Resources on Prevention and Management of Stroke (NHS England / WSO / NHS RightCare)
Summary World Stroke Day, this year, was on October 29th 2017. It had a stroke prevention theme. The NHS RightCare stroke pathway for Preventing and Managing Stroke, published recently, defines the components in an optimal scheme for the prevention and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Hyper-Acute Stroke Units, Hyperacute Stroke Care, Hyperacute Stroke Units, Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party (ICSWP), Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Missed Opportunities in Stroke Prevention, NHS RightCare, NHS RightCare Intelligence Programme, NHS RightCare Pathway for Preventing and Managing Stroke:, NHS RightCare Pathways, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Preventing and Managing Stroke: NHS RightCare Pathway, Prevention and Management of Stroke (NHS RightCare Pathway), RCP Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), RightCare CVD Prevention Pathway, Secondary Prevention of Stroke, Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), Specialist Stroke Units, SSNAP: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Stroke Association, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation Standards, Stroke Sentinel Audit Programme: Investigating and Evaluating Stroke Therapy (SSNAPIEST), Stroke Units, Stroke: State of the Nation, Tony Rudd: National Clinical Director for Stroke at NHS England, World Stroke Day, World Stroke Day (2017), World Stroke Organization (WSO)
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Perioperative Care of Patients With Neurological Conditions (Health Service Insights)
Summary A US review covers the peri-operative care of patients with neurological conditions. It examines, in particular, aspects of the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for persons with conditions including delirium, stroke, epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, and Parkinson Disease. Full Text … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Stroke
Tagged Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (New York), Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke During Coronary Artery Bypass, Contraindications for Thrombolytic Therapy, Department of Medicine: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Department of Medicine: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Epilepsy, Health Service Insights (Journal), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York), Intraoperative Care, Medications Which May Worsen Myasthenia Gravis, Myasthenia Gravis, Neurological Conditions, Neurological Disease, Neurological Disorders, Peri-Operative Care of the Elderly, Perioperative Care, Perioperative Care of Patients With Neurological Conditions, Perioperative Stroke, Postoperative Care, Preoperative Care, USA
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