Christine Tunkl

ORCID: 0000-0001-7305-0402
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  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Healthcare Systems and Practices
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Heidelberg University
2023-2025

University Hospital Heidelberg
2023-2025

The development of vascular neurology as the primary specialty for stroke evaluation and treatment is a relatively recent advancement. Vascular well-established in United States, ensuring most patients receive specialized care, but many globally are managed by physicians without training cerebrovascular neurological medicine that partly manifested availability institutions incorporate dedicated training. Our goal to evaluate providers worldwide identify who leading care different regions,...

10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.tp148 article EN Stroke 2025-01-30

Background: Telestroke has proven efficacy in improving clinical outcomes by providing rapid access to specialized stroke care, particularly remote areas. However, the global implementation of telestroke networks remains uneven, with limited data on their structure and coverage outside high-income countries (HICs). Objective: This study aimed provide a comprehensive overview landscape networks, highlighting disparities underscoring need for universal guidelines. We map landscape,...

10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.147 article EN Stroke 2025-01-30

Abstract Background Several publications have raised concerns that female stroke patients may be at a disadvantage when accessing treatment services. These found significant regional differences in the provision of to male and patients. In this study, we provide current nationwide data on management between men women Germany. Methods This large retrospective cohort study used national datasets from German Federal Statistical Office for 2017–2022. We examined terms case volume, intravenous...

10.1186/s42466-025-00365-4 article EN cc-by Neurological Research and Practice 2025-02-19

Stroke is a major global health problem and was the second leading cause of death worldwide in 2020. However, lack public stroke awareness especially low- middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Nepal severely hinders effective provision care. Efficient cost-effective strategies to raise LMICs are still lacking. This study aims (a) explore feasibility social media-based campaign using cost-benefit analysis (b) identify best practices for media education campaigns.We performed over period 6...

10.1371/journal.pone.0291392 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2023-09-08

Background Globally, the majority of strokes affect people residing in lower- and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but translating evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice regions with limited healthcare resources remains challenging. As an LMIC South Asia, stroke care has remained a problem previously unaddressed at national scale Nepal. The Nepal Stroke Project (NSP) aims to improve acute tertiary sector We hereby describe methods applied analyze barriers facilitators NSP...

10.3389/fneur.2023.1272076 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Neurology 2023-10-24
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