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GET with the GUIDELINES
New! University Hospital joing American Stroke Association's
Get with the Guidelines initiative. The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular events.
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What is the treatment for stroke?
There are three treatment stages for stroke:
- Prevention
- Therapy immediately after the stroke
- Rehabilitation.
Therapies treat the patient’s underlying risk factors for stroke,
such as hypertension and diabetes.
- Acute stroke therapies try to stop a stroke in progress by dissolving the blood clot causing an ischemic stroke or by stopping the bleeding of a hemorrhagic stroke.
- Rehabilitation helps individuals overcome disabilities resulting from stroke.
- Drug therapy is the most common treatment for stroke and include antithrombotics (antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants) and thrombolytics.
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