Reduced monitoring after stroke found safe for low risk patients

Reduced monitoring after stroke found safe for low risk patients

Halving the number of times vital signs and neurological function are checked in low-risk patients after treatment for acute ischaemic stroke does not compromise care or recovery, according to new findings presented at the 11th European Stroke Organisation Conference in Helsinki, Finland.

In Germany, around 270,000 people suffer a stroke every year. Suddenly, you can no longer speak, lift your arm or see it correctly – nerve cells in the brain die within a few minutes – and can no longer fulfil their function. It is due to clogged or bursted blood vessels in the brain. Persistent damage can only rarely be avoided, many sufferers have to spend a long time in rehabilitation. A new procedure has recently been used at Frankfurt Unive…