tailieunhanh - Stroke in the Elderly

“Population Ageing is profound, having major consequences and implications for all facets of human life. In the economic area, population ageing will have an impact on economic growth, savings, investment and consumption, labor markets, pensions, taxation and inter generational transfers. In the social sphere, population ageing affects health and healthcare, family composition and living arrangements, housing and migration. In this paper we try to document different aspects of human deprivation in the old age other than the measurement of income poverty. We mainly take up on aspects of economic, health and social aspects of deprivation and how it vary across space(sector and state) and gender and try. | Stroke in the Elderly World Stroke Academy Stroke in the Elderly Stephen Davis Kennedy Lees Richard Lindley 1 Stroke in the Elderly World Stroke Academy Stroke in the Elderly Table of contents 1. Impact burden and risk factors 3 . Prevalence and incidence 4 . Role of age in outcomes and burden 6 . Ageing-related risk factors 10 . Defining the elderly population 11 . Summary 13 . References 15 2. Acute stroke care 16 . Intravenous alteplase therapy 17 . Very elderly in clinical trials 18 . Outcomes of thrombolytic therapy in the elderly 20 . Newer treatments for stroke 23 . Current recommendations for the elderly 25 . Summary 26 . References 28 3. Long-term care 30 . Fundamentals of long-term post-stroke care 31 . Age-related disparities in treatment 38 . Challenges of rehabilitation and the elderly 41 . Long-term and palliative care 43 . Summary 45 . References 47 2 World Stroke Academy 1. Impact burden and risk factors 1. Impact burden and risk factors