General Stroke Guidelines
- Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care (2006)
Canadian Stroke Network - Stroke Consensus Statements (2008)
7th Karolinska Stroke Update - Recognition and Treatment of Stroke in Children (2000)
Brain Attack Coalition – Ad Hoc Committee on Stroke in Children - Recognition and Treatment of Stroke in Children (Updated 2005)
The Child Neurology Society Ad Hoc Committee on Stroke in Children. (National Institute for Neurologic Disorders and Stroke)
Acute Stroke Management
- Stroke Management (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - Blood Pressure Control and Secondary Stroke Prevention (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - Reperfusion in Acute Occlusive Stroke (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - Antiplatelet Therapy (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - European Stroke Initiative Recommendations for Stroke Management – Update 2003
- Brain Attack Coalition – Acute Stroke Toolbox
Tools for health care professionals developing systems to enable the rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke. Includes patient management guidelines and pathways. - Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke (2001)
From: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy
Journal link: Chest (log in may be required) - Canadian Guidelines for Intravenous Thrombolytic Treatment in Acute Stroke (1998)
A Consensus Statement of The Canadian Stroke Consortium - Acute Stroke Treatment Guidelines (1997)
National Institute for Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, NIH. (Executive Summary) - Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke (1996)
American Academy of Neurology Practice Advisory - Prehospital Management of Stroke: Past, Present & Future
Rashmi U. Kothari (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Controversies in Stroke Management
Antihypertensive treatment even in non-hypertensive patients?
Tom Skyhøj Olsen (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - I.V. Thrombolysis for Stroke?
ESTABLISHED: all we need is a prospective registry
Jean-Marc Orgogozo (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Is There Benefit After 3 Hours? A Pooled Analysis of the ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rtPA Stroke Trials
M. Kaste (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Thrombolysis and Acute Stroke Therapy Penumbra and Thrombolysis
W.D. Heiss (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Thrombolysis for Acute Ischaemic Stroke: Guideline Conflict
Peter Sandercock (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Thrombolytic Therapy of Ischemic Stroke
Werner Hacke (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Stroke Prevention
- Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease Full guideline / Patient Guideline
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Carotid Endarterectomy and Angioplasty (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - Recurrent Stroke in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Aneurysm (2004)
American Academy of Neurology practice statement - The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (2003)
US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH (reference card) - Primary Prevention of Hypertension: Clinical and Public Health Advisory from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program (2003)
US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH - ATP III At-A-Glance: Quick Desk Reference (2001)
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s updated cholesterol guidelines. - Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation (2001)
From: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy
Journal links: Chest (log in may be required) - Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke (2001)
From: Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy
Journal links: Chest (log in may be required) - Treatment guidelines–primary and secondary prevention of stroke (2000)
Medical Commission of the German Medical Society. [Article in German] - Consensus Conference on Stroke Treatment and Service Delivery (2000)
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Italian Guidelines for Stroke Prevention (1999)
Stroke Prevention and Educational Awareness Diffusion (SPREAD) Collaboration - Prevention of a first stroke (1999)
A review of guidelines and a multidisciplinary consensus statement from the National Stroke Association
Journal link: JAMA (log in may be required) - Stroke Prevention in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (1998)
American Academy of Neurology Practice Parameter - Consensus Against Both Endarterectomy and Routine Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis (1997)
Canadian Stroke Consortium - Modifiable Risk Factors
Julien Bogousslavsky (Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference)
Recovery
- Management of dementia (an evidence-based review) (2001)
Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Also: Summary Version for Physicians, and Summary Version for Families
- Diagnosis of dementia (an evidence-based review) (2001)
Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology - Management of patients with stroke part IV: Rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning (1998)
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Management of patients with stroke: Rehabilitation, prevention and management of Complications, and discharge planning: A national clinical guideline
(2002)Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN 64) - Post-Stroke Rehabilitation (Clinical Guide #16) (1995)
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) - Post-Stroke Rehabilitation (Quick Reference Guide #16) (1995)
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Stroke Care Organization
- Recommendations for the creation of neurovascular units (2000)
French Neurovascular Society (Societe Francaise Neuro-Vasculaire)
[Article in French] - Recommendations for the use of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in cerebrovascular ischemic accident (2000)
French Society of Neurovascular Disorders - Acute Stroke Treatment Guidelines (1997)
National Institute for Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Diagnosis
- Echocardiography for the Detection of a Cardiac Source of Embolus in Patients with Stroke (1999)
Journal link: Canadian Medical Association Journal (log in may be required) - Applications of transcranial doppler ultrasound in neuroanesthesia
Stephan Strebel, Department of Anaesthesia, University of Basel, Switzerland. Includes detailed technical description of TCD and use in anesthesia.
Imaging
- The Impact of Imaging on Stroke Treatment and Clinical Outcome (2004)
Karolinska Stroke Update - Echocardiography for the detection of a cardiac source of embolus in patients with stroke (1999)
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care - American College of Cardiology
Searchable database of Practice Statements - Echocardiographic Identification of Cardiovascular Sources of Emboli To Guide Clinical Management of Stroke: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (1997)
Annals of Internal Medicine 1 November 1997. 127:775-787. - Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Carotid Stenosis in Asymptomatic Persons (1997)
Annals of Internal Medicine 1 March 1997. 126:337-346. - Intra-arterial Thrombolysis and Diffusion-Perfusion MRI: Snapshots of Evolving and Resolving Cerebral Ischemia
Chelsea Kidwell, Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - MRI as a Basis of Future Trials
Steven Warach, Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - SITS Monitoring Study SITS-MOST Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke SITS Collaboration
Nils Gunnar Wahlgren, Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke – an Imaging Based Approach
Peter D. Schellinger, Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference - Treatment of Acute Stroke: The Neuroradiological Perspective
H. Zeumer, H, Presented at the 11th European Stroke Conference
Pediatric Stroke
- Recognition and Treatment of Stroke in Children
Child Neurology Society Ad Hoc Committee on Stroke in ChildrenBrain Attack Coalition
Sources for Stroke Guidelines and Consensus Statements
- The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) – Stroke Group
Abstracts of > 40 systematic, updated reviews of various aspects of stroke therapy. Full reviews are available by personal or institutional subscription. Search Medline for Cochrane stroke review abstracts. - American Academy of Neurology – Guideline Statements
Large listing of guidelines, advisories and parameters. - US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) – Cardiovascular Information for Health Professionals
Current guidelines and interactive web sites for primary prevention treatment of hypertension, obesity and cholesterol. - National Guideline Clearinghouse
Sponsored by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - American College of Cardiology
Practice guidelines and quality standards — sorted by topic. - Mobile Medica – Apprisor
Downloadable guidelines for Palm and other handheld devices. Includes a full selection of stroke management and prevention recommendations.