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Why is qualitative research in stroke undeservedly ignored?

Why is qualitative research in stroke undeservedly ignored? It remains the basics of the understanding of stroke patients behavior. Authors: Inna Lutsenko, Aishoola Sultanova Department of Neurology, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy after I.K. Akhunbaev, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.  Qualitative research is characterised by its aims, which relate to understanding some aspect of social life, and its methods […]

Here we go again!

Dr Michele Romoli and Dr Linxin Li A gentleman in his sixties, who is an ex-smoker and overweight but with no other known cardiovascular risk factors is referred to your TIA clinic. Two days ago, waking up from a nap in the afternoon, he was found by his wife being disoriented, in a state of […]

Prominent Members Under 45: Interview with Mira Katan

For 2018, via the ESO newsletter, we are focusing the spotlight on prominent ESO members under 45. In January we introduced you to Georgios K. Tsivgoulis. For February, we learned more about Else Charlotte Sandset. In March we presented Urs Fischer. In April you met Charlotte Cordonnier. Hopefully you were able to meet some of […]

WSC 2018 Stroke rehabilitation research ‘Goldilocks and the black boxes’

Author: Dr Sarah Moore NIHR/HEE Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle University/Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Email: s.a.moore@ncl.ac.uk Twitter: Sarah Moore @SarahMoorePhys Whilst hyper acute stroke care has been revolutionised by the development of blood clot busting medications and clot removal techniques, for those who are unsuitable for these treatments and require rehabilitation (approximately 70% people) the […]

Call for Bids ESO Stroke Summer School 2021

The ESO annual Stroke Summer School is a prestigious educational event for stroke trainees throughout Europe. It has an internationally renowned teaching faculty drawn from the ESO membership. It has been responsible in recent years for developing and encouraging important future leaders in clinical stroke care and research. We would like to seek bids from […]

ESOTA, young investigators and how to combine the two?

Report from the World Stroke Congress 2018 by Else Charlotte Sandset and Eivind Berge The World Stroke Congress 2018 kicked off with pre-congress workshop targeting young investigators interested in clinical trials. The workshop initiated by Andrew Demchuk on behalf of the Global Alliance of Independent Networks focused on Stroke trials (GAINS) and WSO gathered 100 […]