Many survivors of acute stroke have significant function of cognitive, language, sensory or motor disabilities, most recover some degree of function. Some patients dramatic functional recovery can occur the first 3-6 months, and some individuals can continual over a period of year. The neurobiologic basis of spontaneous recovery after stroke is not completely understood. This paper considers th…
A prospective study on 229 acute stroke patients was conducted to develop a Gadjah Mada Stroke Algorithm (GMSA). This algorithm was proposed as a clinical strategy for distinguishing intracerebral haemorrhage from acute ischemic or infarction stroke after onset of stroke in 3 hospitals in Yogyakarta from 16th December 1989 until 15th November 1991. The following investigations have been made: (…
Stress ulcer is defined as an acute mucosal lesion of the upper gastrointestinal tract caused by an indirect influence of several pathological situations such as brain tumor, severe burn, patients with multiorgan failure and stroke. Many investigators have reported the prevalence of stress ulcer among patients with stroke. This article will report the result of endoscopic examination among pati…
Stroke in the young was thought uncommon, estimated at a proportion of only 3 to 5 percent. However, in the last two decades it was considered not so uncommon, and probably higher in the developing contries. From two studies in Indonesia the occurrence was 11 and 14 percent. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the young was also considered uncommon, estimated lesser in women. In this study the…