Sentence examples for systems of stroke from inspiring English sources

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, is expected to introduce legislation calling for a grant program for states to develop systems of stroke care that would educate emergency medical workers in assessing stroke patients and would create standards of care for hospitals.

It was based on extensive exploration of the (often neglected) belief systems of stroke patients and reinforced by analysis of the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz [ 8, 9, 12, 13].

Hospitals of differing capability work together to create a centralised system of stroke care 6 in which patients are taken to central specialist units rather than the nearest hospital.

We grouped the non-lesioned corticospinal system of stroke patients (non-lesioned hemisphere and non-paretic hand) and the lesioned corticospinal system of the patients (lesioned hemisphere and paretic hand) irrespective of the side (left or right hemisphere) of the lesion.

The earliest evidence of Irish Gaelic consists of archaic sepulchral inscriptions in the ogham alphabet based on a system of strokes and notches cut on the edges of stone or wood usually ascribed to the 4th and 5th centuries ad.

It is proposed that an adequately funded and resourced system of structured stroke care is needed in order to address the deficiencies identified in this study.

Accumulations of fibrinogen and its degradation products have been demonstrated in the central nervous system (CNS) tissue of stroke, bacterial meningitis (BM), HIV-encephalitis, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) patients [ 7].

They identified 5 discriminatory criteria: (1) Geographical location (urban, semi-rural, rural (plain or mountain)); (2) Socio-economic and educational conditions; (3) Social isolation of the population and characteristics of the local health care system; (4) Number of stroke units and distance between patient's home and unit; (5) Availability of neurological or general rehabilitation centres.

We suggest that impairments of the hemiparetic side during forward weight shifting and sit-to-stand tasks presents a challenge to the motor systems of individuals with stroke, which may account for the poor balance that is often observed in these individuals.

Similar evaluations in other healthcare systems of community-based stroke health services are lacking.

Participants were asked for their views on the influence of the current payment systems on the functioning of stroke services and if they experienced problems associated with the current payment system.