Essays about: "stroke"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 208 essays containing the word stroke.

  1. 6. A Multi-State Particle Swarm Optimization model to find the golden hour coverage of MSUs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Anton Holm; Gabriel Modin Bärzén; [2023]
    Keywords : Particle Swarm Optimization; PSO; Multi-State Particle Swarm Optimization; Mobile Stroke Unit; MSU; Stroke care;

    Abstract : When suffering a stroke, the time to treatment is one of the key factors to increase the chance of desirable recovery. To ensure proper treatment, a diagnosis has to be made before treatment can begin. The potential consequences of treating a misdiagnosis can be severely harmful or even deadly. READ MORE

  3. 7. Experiences of having a stroke in young and middleaged patients : A descriptive review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Yuanyuan Lei; Wei Xia; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: As the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause ofdisability in the world, stroke is more and more common among young people, and itsprevalence and incidence rate are also increasing. However, compared to elderly strokepatients, young and middle-aged patients often play important social and family rolesand face different challenges. READ MORE

  4. 8. Effects of storytelling on rehabilitation of patients with stroke or cancer : A Descriptive Literature Review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Huiling Wang; Jiji Yao; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background: With the development of clinical nursing, more and more cancer orstroke survivors, how to better promote the rehabilitation of stroke or cancer patientshas received more and more attention, and storytelling as a low-cost, less risky nursingintervention began to receive more and more attention. The use of storytelling as a formof therapy has important implications for patients with cancer or stroke. READ MORE

  5. 9. Phase Unwrapping MRI Flow Measurements

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

    Author : Mio Liljeblad; [2023]
    Keywords : phase unwrapping; computer vision; cine MRI; NMR; flow measurements; velocity encoding; venc; energy minimization; magnetic resonance; cardiac MRI; sinotubuar junction; pulmonary artery; ascending descending aorta; laplacian algorithm; iterative graph cuts; IGC; sequential tree-reweighted message passing; TRW-S; velocity to noise ratio; VNR; retrospective wrapping; energy formulation;

    Abstract : Magnetic resonance images (MRI) are acquired by sampling the current of induced electromotiveforce (EMF). EMF is induced due to flux of the net magnetic field from coherent nuclear spins with intrinsic magnetic dipole moments. READ MORE

  6. 10. Pre-stroke communication style and post-stroke functional communication in people with severe aphasia : A quantitative observational study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

    Author : Robin Tiba; [2023]
    Keywords : aphasia; communication style; functional communication; cognitive function; afasi; kommunikationsstil; funktionell kommunikation; kognitiva funktioner;

    Abstract : Speech and language pathologists working with aphasia therapy regularly encounter close relatives of people with aphasia. A common observation is that close relatives discern a connection regarding how the person with aphasia manages communication difficulties, related to their communication style before suffering from stroke. READ MORE