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Treatment:

On The

‘STROKE’

of Time

Fast track to improved stroke treatment

Golden Period limits stroke damage hours

Strokes are among the leading causes of death and disability in the world today. A stroke Golden
can occur suddenly when the blood supply to your brain is interrupted or reduced, thus Period
depriving the brain of oxygen and nutrients and causing brain cells to die. A stroke may
be caused by a blocked artery (ischemic stroke) or the leaking or bursting of a blood
vessel (hemorrhagic stroke).

But timely and professional treatment within the Golden Period of time, 4.5 hours,
can make all the di erence in your speedy recovery back to normal.

Treating Strokes

To treat an ischemic stroke, doctors must quickly restore
blood ow to your brain. This includes emergency treatment
with medications. Therapy with clot-busting drugs must start
within 4.5 hours if they are given intravenously — and the
sooner, the better.

Increasing experience and evidence emphasise the essential
relationships between the time interval from onset of
symptoms of an acute ischemic stroke and the likelihood
of both successful vascular intervention and a favourable
treatment by medicines to dissolve the clots.

Professional and Timely Care

Medics at the scene will make the diagnosis and
immediately alert the stroke team at Sukumvit Hospital.

Currently, in Sukumvit Hospital, decisions regarding patient
selection for cerebral revascularization are made using
MRI protocols/ CT scans, which provide both physiological
and anatomical information.

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