This project examined barriers to implementation and NIHSS use by registered nurses on a stroke/ neurovascular Unit. Staff members were surveyed to determine nurse-perceived barriers to the ...

A project was developed to determine the barriers to NIHSS use by the nursing staff, to develop and implement a plan to improve the completion rate, and to evaluate progress as interventions were ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that it launched the CereGlide 92 catheter system for treating acute ...

Swapping regular salt for salt substitutes may reduce the risk of recurrent stroke and death. In a recent study, compared to ...

Due to a low capacity to store energy, brain health is heavily reliant on a steady supply of oxygen and nutrients from the bloodstream, and is thus particularly vulnerable to stroke. Stroke is a ...

Background: Small vessel cerebral vascular disease (sCVD) is common to older individuals, often asymptomatic, but associated with incident stroke and future mortality. Multiple mechanisms for sCVD ...

The "neurovascular unit" (NVU) consists of vasculature connected via brain cells called astrocytes to neurons and ensures that this cooperation is successful. To assess the function of the NVU ...

but not for other neurovascular diseases (a level 2 center). Finally, some centers will have a stroke unit and offer intravenous thrombolysis, but not any endovascular stroke therapy (a level 3 center ...

board certified vascular neurologist and medical director of the Pacific Stroke and Neurovascular Center at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, explained. Tarpley wasn’t ...