Stroke may no longer be an irreversible sentence: new therapies, the result of studies and research in recent years, open up prospects for effective treatment and adequate rehabilitation paths.
This is what the specialists in the fields of neurological, cardiological, rehabilitation, nursing and emergency medicine are convinced of, gathered in the conference room of the Santissima Annunziata hospital for the conference promoted by the AOU of Sassari entitled: "New frontiers in the treatment of stroke. From the hyperacute phase to rehabilitation".
"We are about to have an epochal change because a new life-saving drug has recently been authorized that instead of being administered in an hour, acts in a few seconds", underlined Alessandra Sanna, scientific director of the conference and director of the Stroke Unit of the AOU, "Time is fundamental because to save the brain you have to act promptly. In a few minutes, following a stroke, millions of neurons can be lost, but if you intervene quickly you have a greater chance that the patient will be saved or have a reduced disability".
The discussion highlighted how crucial a multidisciplinary and integrated approach is in the management of cerebral stroke, a pathology that still represents one of the main causes of death and disability in Italy. On the Sardinian front, Dr. Sanna explained: « We work every day to improve the management of stroke on the Island. Stroke is time-dependent and is a medical emergency that requires immediate hospitalization because it is one of the main causes of disability, dementia and mortality. This meeting had the main purpose of networking the various figures who deal with stroke and, in particular, to underline a connection between hospital and territory. For strokes, it is important that there is strong collaboration, as soon as the patient arrives at the hospital, between the various operators who deal with emergency-urgency, the emergency room doctor, the stroke unit doctor, the radiologist, the interventional radiologist, the anesthetist and then, during hospitalization, the physiatrist, the physiotherapist and once the patient is discharged, territorial care is necessary".
In the first session of the conference, space was given to new pharmacological and interventional therapies available in the hyperacute phase, to rapid access pathways to specialized centers, as well as to early and personalized rehabilitation models capable of significantly improving the prognosis of patients. In the second session, experts focused on the topic of management of the acute and post-acute phase of ischemic stroke and the patient's journey from the hospital to the community.
(Online Union)
