chinese/stroke

Accurate classification of stroke has significant impact on patient care and conduction of stroke clinical trials. The current systems such as TOAST, SSS-TOAST, Korean TOAST, and A-S-C-O have limitations. With the advent of new imaging technology, there is a need to have a more accurate stroke

OBJECTIVE Prospective relation between sleep duration and stroke risk is less studied, particularly in Asians. We examined the association between sleep duration and stroke mortality among Chinese adults. METHODS The Singapore Chinese Health Study is a population-based cohort of 63 257 Chinese

OBJECTIVE Mental health literacy is fundamental to the pursuit of health. Little is known about patients' literacy levels regarding depression even though it is common among elderly stroke survivors. This paper will report the level of mental health literacy and thematic constructs of depression

Traditional Chinese herbal products (CHPs) have been described in ancient medicine systems as treatments for various stroke-associated ailments. This study is aimed to investigate the prescription patterns and combinations of CHPs for ischemic stroke in Taiwan. Prescriptions of CHPs for ischemic

With the development in research, teaching and literature work in traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology (TCMP) by means of computers, it has been found that the existing Chinese character operative systems cannot meet the need of carrying out information processing and software development

The perceived direction of apparent motion can be influenced by both "top-down" factors, such as expectation, and by "bottom-up" or stimulus-driven factors, such as grouping (Tse, P., Cavanagh, P. & Nakayama, K. (1998). The role of parsing in high-level motion processing. In T. Watanabe, High-level

In 35 Chinese patients suffering from strokes resulting in hemiparesis or hemiplegia, deep venous thrombosis, as detected with 125I-fibrinogen scan, occurred in the paralysed leg in five and in the normal leg in one. The total incidence of 17% was lower than that reported in the West. No clinical

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of the Chinese version of Cognistat for patients with stroke in a Chinese community. METHODS A total of 53 patients and 34 normal elderly with age, gender and literacy level matched were tested with the Chinese translated version of

Stroke is a major cause of premature death in China. Early prevention of stroke requires a more effective method to differentiate the stroke risk among young-aged and middle-aged individuals than the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to establish a lifetime stroke risk model

A random telephone survey on knowledge of stroke was conducted in 1, 238 Hong Kong Chinese. Most respondents realized that effective treatment was available, that stroke was preventable and that it could be fatal or disabling. Sudden unilateral limb weakness, sudden speech and language disturbances,

The aim of this study was to review cases of pediatric arterial ischemic stroke among Chinese subjects and thereby evaluate risk factors, clinical and neuroimaging features, and treatment, to establish a reasonable guideline for assessment and management of the disease. Between 1996 and 2006, 157

Both ischemic and hemorrhage stroke pertain to the category of wind stroke in Chinese medicine (CM). Up to date, it is deemed that the etiology and pathogenesis of wind stroke are wind, fire, sputum, qi, stasis, and deficiency. Among them, it is regarded that wind and fire are the key factors