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Leitlinien zum Management von Patienten mit akutem Hirninfarkt oder TIA der Europäischen Schlaganfallorganisation 2008

Teil 1

European Stroke Organisation 2008 guidelines for managing acute cerebral infarction or transient ischemic attack

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Abbreviations

ACI:

Arteria carotis interna

ACM:

Arteria cerebri media

ADC:

apparent diffusion coefficient

ADL:

activities of daily living

VHF:

Vorhofflimmern

AR:

Absolutes Risiko

BD:

Blutdruck

CE-MRA:

contrast-enhanced MR angiography

CI:

confidence interval

CT:

Computertomographie

CTA:

CT-Angiographie

DSA:

digitale Subtraktionsangiographie

DWI:

diffusion-weighted imaging

EKG:

Elektrokardiogramm

EEG:

Elektroenzephalographie

EFNS:

European Federation of Neurological Societies

ESO:

European Stroke Organisation

EUSI:

European Stroke Initiative

FLAIR:

fluid attenuated inversion recovery

GCP:

good clinical practice

HR:

hazard ratio

INR:

international normalized ratio

iv:

intravenös

MRA:

MR-Angiographie

MRI:

Magnetresonanzbildgebung

NIHSS:

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

NNT:

numbers needed to treat

OR:

odds ratio

PEG:

perkutane enterale Gastrostomie

OFO:

offenes Foramen ovale

rt-PA:

rekombinanter Gewebeplasminogenaktivator

SSRI:

selektive Serotoninwiederaufnahmehemmer

TCD:

transkranieller Doppler

TEE:

transösophageale Echokardiographie

TIA:

transiente ischämische Attacke

TTE:

transthorakale Echokardiographie

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  • Vorsitz: Werner Hacke (Heidelberg, Deutschland)

  • Beisitzer: Marie-Germaine Bousser (Paris, Frankreich); Gary Ford (Newcastle, Großbritannien)

Ausbildung, Zuweisung und Notfallbehandlung

  • Gruppenleitung: Michael Brainin (Krems, Österreich); José Ferro (Lisabon, Portugal)

  • Mitglieder: Charlotte Cordonnier (Lille, Frankreich); Heinrich P. Mattle (Bern, Schweiz); Keith Muir (Glasgow, Großbritannien); Peter D. Schellinger (Erlangen, Deutschland)

Stroke-Units

  • Gruppenleitung: Hans-Christoph Diener (Essen, Deutschland); Peter Langhorne (Glasgow, Großbritannien)

  • Mitglieder: Antony Davalos (Barcelona, Spanien); Gary Ford (Newcastle, Großbritannien) Veronika Skvortsova (Moskau, Russland)

Diagnostik

  • Gruppenleitung: Michael Hennerici (Mannheim, Deutschland); Markku Kaste (Helsinki, Finnland)

  • Mitglieder: Hugh S. Markus (London, Großbritannien); E. Bernd Ringelstein (Münster, Deutschland); Rüdiger von Kummer (Dresden, Deutschland); Joanna Wardlaw, (Edinburgh, UK)

  • Unterstützt durch: Dr. Oliver Müller (Heidelberg, Deutschland)

Behandlung von Komplikationen

  • Gruppenleitung: Angel Chamorro (Barcelona, Spanien); Bo Norrving (Lund, Schweden);

  • Mitglieder: Valerica Caso (Perugia, Italien); Jean-Louis Mas (Paris, Frankreich); Victor Obach (Barcelona, Spanien); Peter A. Ringleb (Heidelberg, Deutschland); Lars Thomassen (Bergen, Norwegen)

Rehabilitation

  • Gruppenleitung: Kennedy Lees (Glasgow, Großbritannien); Danilo Toni (Rom, Italien)

  • Mitglieder: Stefano Paolucci (Rom, Italien); Juhani Sivenius (Kuopio, Finnland); Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen (Göteborg, Schweden); Marion F. Walker (Nottingham, Großbritannien)

  • Unterstützt durch: Dr. Yvonne Teuschl, Dr. Isabel Henriques, Dr. Terence Quinn

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Ringleb, P., Schellinger, P. & Hacke, W. Leitlinien zum Management von Patienten mit akutem Hirninfarkt oder TIA der Europäischen Schlaganfallorganisation 2008. Nervenarzt 79, 936–957 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-008-2531-1

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