Stroke: Early Treatment Protocol

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DATE : Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:02:45 EST
Entered in Database : 2008-04-16 14:02:45
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Dr. Angela Hays, a neurologist specializing in the care of high severity neurological injury or illness, provides an overview of how physicians respond to stroke. She explains the process of determining the stroke type – hemorrhagic versus ischemic. She emphasizes the importance of treatment as quickly after stroke as possible to increase treatment options and thus improve the likelihood of recovery. Dr. Hays concludes this neurology podcast by describing relatively new devices utilized for clot breakup and removal.

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