化瘀汤治疗脑卒中疗效观察及对神经功能缺损康复的影响

目的:观察化瘀汤治疗脑卒中临床疗效及其对患者神经能缺损康复的影响。方法:将风痰瘀阻型缺血性脑卒中80例随机分为2组,每组40例;对照组采用西医常规治疗,观察组在对照组的基础上加用化瘀汤治疗,2组疗程均为21天;观察比较2组临床疗效、美国国立卫生研究院卒中量表(NIHSS)评分、Fugl-Meyer评分、中医证候积分。结果:总有效率观察组为95.0%,对照组为80.0%,2组比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。治疗后,2组患者NIHSS评分较治疗前明显下降(P<0.05),Fugl-Meyer评分明显升高(P<0.05);且观察组两项评分改善较对照组更显著(P<0.05)。治疗后,2组中医主症、次症积分均较治疗前明显降低(P<0.05),且观察组两项积分均明显低于对照组(P<0.05)。治疗后,2组患者SS-QOL评分均较治疗前明显升高(P<0.05),且观察组SS-QOL评分明显高于对照组(P<0.05)。结论:在西医常规治疗的基础上,加用化瘀汤治疗风痰瘀阻型缺血型脑卒中患者,能显著改善患者神经功能、肢体运动功能及生活质量,缓解临床症状,疗效优于单纯西医治疗。     

Intravenous Thrombolysis Is Safe and Effective for the Cryptogenic Stroke in China: Data From the Thrombolysis Implementation and Monitor of Acute Ischemic Stroke in China (TIMS-China)

Background

The intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) therapy is safe and efficient during the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Nonetheless, the different outcomes among various stroke subgroups have limited data with regard to the safety and efficacy of cryptogenic stroke (CS). The present study compared the safety and efficacy when IVT with rt-PA was used for the treatment of CS and the other stroke subtypes.

Recipient hypertonic saline infusion prevents cardiac allograft dysfunction

Objective

Hypertonic saline (HTS) has potent immune and vascular effects. We assessed recipient pretreatment with HTS on allograft function in a porcine model of heart transplantation and hypothesized that HTS infusion would limit endothelial and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction following transplantation.

Inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke

Background: Before implementation of the new scale, the Swedish modified version of the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (SwePASS), to clinical practice, it is fundamental to analyze its measurement properties.Objective: To examine the inter-rater reliability of the SwePASS in the acute phase after stroke.

Methods: Day 3 to day 7 after admission to a stroke unit, 64 persons with stroke were assessed twice, using the SwePASS, by two physiotherapists. Inter-rater reliability was determined using percentage-agreement and the rank-invariant method: relative position, relative concentration, and relative rank variance.

Results: The raters showed a percentage agreement of ≥75% in the assessments using the SwePASS. For 9 of the 12 items, the percentage agreement was >80%. For 8 of the 12 items, there was a statistically significant change in position, revealed in relative position values between 0.08 and 0.15. Three items had statistically significant positive relative concentration values between ?0.11 and 0.10. Except for a statistically significant negligible relative variance value of 0.01 for the items 1 and 8, there was no relative variance.

Conclusions: The SwePASS shows an acceptable inter-rater reliability, albeit with potential for improvement. The reliability can be improved by a consensus how to interpret the scale between the raters prior to implementation in the clinic.