A new study suggests that a simple blood test could help emergency responders quickly determine whether a stroke is caused by a brain bleed or a blood clot, even before a patient reaches the hospital.

A new study suggests that a simple blood test could help doctors quickly determine whether a stroke is caused by bleeding or a blood clot, even before the patient reaches the hospital.

Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) may be given, but it must be administered within the first few hours after a stroke. TPA dissolves blood clots that cause some types of strokes. Fluids with a ...

The test can distinguish strokes caused by brain bleeding from those caused by a blood clot These two types of stroke require opposite treatments, and telling them apart quickly can limit brain damage ...

Adobe stock/HealthDay A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says. Stroke victims with brain bleeds have nearly seven ...

A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says. Stroke victims with brain bleeds have nearly seven times higher blood ...

Love-Preet Kalra, M.D., from RKH Hospital Klinikum Ludwigsburg in Germany, and colleagues examined the potential of a new GFAP point-of-care test for rapidly distinguishing ICH from IS and stroke ...

After each test, we increased ... the infarct zone and brain edema effectively. We believe that this novel approach is a practical, accurate, cost-efficient, and ethically favorable model for ...

A blood test that detects the GFAP brain protein may help doctors determine the stroke type faster and allow them to start safe treatment for people before they get to the hospital. This could ...

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the emergency room, according to a preliminary study to be presented at ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

When taking the Navy Physical Screening Test -- the common fitness test for ... diver/EOD), you must swim a stroke that is considered an underwater recovery stroke, such as the breaststroke ...