A5066810010- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Neurological Disorders and Treatments
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Nausea and vomiting management
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Heart and Stroke Foundation
2016-2025
Population Services International
2025
Cancer Institute (WIA)
2024
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
2024
NHS Lothian
2024
McGill University
2018-2022
University of British Columbia
2020-2022
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus
2022
Université Laval
2022
Deleted Institution
2022
Stroke rehabilitation is a progressive, dynamic, goal-orientated process aimed at enabling person with impairment to reach their optimal physical, cognitive, emotional, communicative, social and/or functional activity level. After stroke, patients often continue require for persistent deficits related spasticity, upper and lower extremity dysfunction, shoulder central pain, mobility/gait, dysphagia, vision, communication. Each year in Canada 62,000 people experience stroke. Among stroke...
Warfarin is the most effective stroke prevention medication for high-risk individuals with atrial fibrillation, yet it often underused. This study examined magnitude of this problem in a large contemporary, prospective registry.We analyzed data from Registry Canadian Stroke Network, database consecutive patients admitted to 12 designated centers Ontario (2003 2007). We included an acute ischemic who (1) had known history fibrillation; (2) were classified as high risk systemic emboli...
The sixth update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Reintegration following Stroke. Part one: Rehabilitation Recovery Following is a comprehensive set evidence-based guidelines addressing issues surrounding impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions stroke. critical component recovery, essential for helping patients to regain lost skills, relearn tasks, independence. stroke, many people typically require rehabilitation...
The 2017 update of Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for the Secondary Prevention is a collection current evidence-based recommendations intended use by clinicians across wide range settings. goal to provide guidance prevention ischemic stroke recurrence through identification and management modifiable vascular risk factors. include those related diagnostic testing, diet lifestyle, smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, antiplatelet anticoagulant therapies, carotid...
The 2019 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSBPR) for Mood, Cognition and Fatigue following is a comprehensive set evidence-based guidelines addressing three important issues that can negatively impact lives people who have had stroke. These include post-stroke depression anxiety, vascular cognitive impairment, fatigue. Following stroke, approximately 20% to 50% all persons may be affected by at least one these conditions. There also overlap between conditions,...
The sixth update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Transitions and Community Participation following is a comprehensive set evidence-based guidelines addressing issues faced by people an acute stroke event. Establishing coordinated seamless system care that supports progress achieved during initial recovery stages throughout transition to community more essential than ever as medical complexity with also on rise. All members health-care team engaged stroke, their...
Every year, approximately 62 000 people with stroke and transient ischemic attack are treated in Canadian hospitals. The 2014 update of the Secondary Prevention Stroke guideline is a comprehensive summary current evidence-based recommendations for clinicians range settings, who provide care to patients following stroke. Notable changes this 5th edition include an emphasis on treating highest risk present within 48 h symptom onset or persistent motor speech symptoms, need be transported...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> There is increasing recognition of stroke as an important contributor to childhood morbidity and mortality. Current estimates global burden its temporal trends are sparse. Accurate up-to-date for planning research the resulting evidence-based strategies prevention management. <b><i>Objectives:</i></b> To estimate prevalence, mortality disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) ischemic (IS), hemorrhagic (HS) all types...
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage is a particularly devastating type of stroke with greater morbidity and mortality compared ischemic can account for half or more all deaths from stroke. The seventh update the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations includes new stand-alone module on hemorrhage, focus elements care that are unique affect persons disproportionately relative to Prior this edition, was included in Acute Management limited its management during first 12 h. With growing...
The seventh edition of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Rehabilitation and Recovery following includes a new section devoted to provision virtual stroke rehabilitation. This consensus statement uses Grading Recommendations, Assessment, Development Evaluations methodology Appraisal Guidelines Research & Evaluation II principles. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase, Cochrane databases. An expert writing group reviewed all evidence developed...
The Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSPR) 7th edition includes this new module on the diagnosis and management of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) with or without neurodegenerative disease. An expert writing group people VCI lived experience (PWLE) reviewed current evidence. Existing recommendations were revised, added. Sections include definitions, signs symptoms, screening, assessment, diagnosis, pharmacological non-pharmacological management, secondary prevention,...
Postarthroscopy analgesia has been provided with intraarticular bupivacaine, but the duration of may be only a few hours. More recently, longer-lasting achieved using morphine, although onset delayed. The combination morphine and bupivacaine suggested as an ideal analgesic after knee arthroscopy.One hundred twenty ASA Physical Status 1-2 outpatients, age 18-60 yr, having arthroscopy, were randomized into one four treatment groups. Exclusion criteria included relevant drug allergy, extensive...
The Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement Acute Management during Pregnancy is the second of a two-part series devoted to stroke in pregnancy. first part focused on unique aspects secondary prevention woman with prior history who is, or planning become, pregnant. This document focuses management experiences an acute consensus statement was developed recognition need for specifically tailored approach this group patients absence any broad-based, stroke-specific guidelines...
Every year, approximately 62,000 people with stroke and transient ischemic attack are treated in Canadian hospitals. The 2016 update of the Stroke Best Practice Recommendations Telestroke guideline is a comprehensive summary current evidence-based consensus-based recommendations appropriate for use by all healthcare providers system planners who organize provide care to patients following across broad range settings. These focus on telemedicine technologies rapidly identify treat acute...
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