{"id":3296,"date":"2021-11-17T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/?post_type=all_services&#038;p=3296"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:42:21","slug":"stroke-centre","status":"publish","type":"all_services","link":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/all_services\/stroke-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cerebrovascular accident or \u201cstroke\u201d is part of cerebrovascular disorder that is<br>often found in Thailand, the cause of which is generally due to sudden blockage of<br>arteries, causing a shortage of blood in the brain that leads to brain death. Most<br>patients with this type of illness will experience limb weakness, half-body<br>numbness, twisted mouth, tight tongue, ataxic gait (staggering) and speaking<br>difficulty and loss of balance etc.<\/p><p>The Hospital is fully aware of the importance of the cerebrovascular problems and<br>has set up this Stoke Centre equipped with holistic care, starting from Emergency<br>Care Unit i.e., treatment by using rt-PA, brain surgery, surveillance on possible<br>comorbidities from cerebrovascular accident and rehabilitation to enable the<br>patients to return to their normal life.<\/p><p>Services available at the Stroke Centre<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CT Scan<\/li><li>MRI scan<\/li><li>Carotid duplex ultrasound<\/li><li>Anti-blood-clot medication<\/li><li>Antiplatelet drugs<\/li><li>Anti-blood coagulation drugs<\/li><li>Cerebral surgery<\/li><li>Surveillance for in-patients\u2019 comorbidities<\/li><li>Rehabilitation particularly designed to fit each individual patient by<\/li><li>specialized physician<\/li><\/ul><p>Risk group of cerebrovascular disease<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Elderly, people with hypertension, diabetes, and smokers<\/li><li>People with blood coagulation abnormality<\/li><li>People with heart disease<\/li><\/ul><p>Treatment guidelines for cerebrovascular accident<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stroke patients stand a good chance of full recovery provided that they get<br>Medical care and treatment within 4 hours after the stroke.<\/li><li>Physical therapy and rehabilitation will be performed by physiatrist,<br>physiotherapist, occupational therapist, who will jointly assess the patients\u2019<br>condition and plan their treatment for the leftover abnormalities resulting<br>from the stroke.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":1557,"template":"","center":[203],"class_list":["post-3296","all_services","type-all_services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","center-center"],"acf":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",1400,900,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"portraits":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-300x193.jpg",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-768x494.jpg",750,482,true],"large":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-1024x658.jpg",750,482,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",1400,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",1400,900,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-140x100.jpg",140,100,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-350x184.jpg",350,184,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",300,193,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",400,257,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology.jpg",600,386,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-600x386.jpg",600,386,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/neurology-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Laemthong Phutsut","author_link":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/author\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/center\/center\/\" rel=\"tag\">Medical Center<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"The cerebrovascular accident or \u201cstroke\u201d is part of cerebrovascular disorder that isoften found in Thailand, the cause of which is generally due to sudden blockage ofarteries, causing a shortage of blood in the brain that leads to brain death. 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