New Stroke Findings from Kyung Hee University Discussed (A retrospective cohort study on the outcomes of ischemic stroke patients with adjuvant…

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New Stroke Findings from Kyung Hee University Discussed (A retrospective cohort study on the outcomes of ischemic stroke patients with adjuvant Korean Medicine treatment)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions - Stroke have been presented. According to news reporting from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "This study aims to examine the long-term effect of adjuvant treatment in Korean Medicine (KM) clinics in ischemic stroke patients, using a national sample cohort from the National Health Insurance Service in Korea between 2010 and 2013. The National Health Insurance Service -National Sample Cohort database from 2002 to 2013 was used in this study."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Kyung Hee University, "Ischemic stroke patients were defined and covariates were included to account for socioeconomic variables, comorbidities and disease severity. Propensity score matching was applied. Cox proportional hazards modeling and Kaplan-Meier analysis were applied to determine the differences between KM and non-KM treated groups. The results shows that KM-treated group had a higher probability of survival than non-KM group patients. No significant difference was observed between the risk of readmission between the treated and non-treated patients. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a weak effect of KM treatments in the patients with 8 to 28 days of hospital stay for a lower risk of recurrence than in non-treated patients."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "KM treatment of mild to moderate ischemic stroke patients has a mild effect on the survival probability of stroke. Its effect for improving long-term recurrence need to be explored in the future studies."

For more information on this research see: A retrospective cohort study on the outcomes of ischemic stroke patients with adjuvant Korean Medicine treatment. Scientific Reports, 2018;8():398-405. Scientific Reports can be contacted at: Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St, London N1 9XW, England. (Nature Publishing Group - www.nature.com/; Scientific Reports - www.nature.com/srep/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting B.H. Jang, Kyung Hee Univ, Dept. of Prevent Med, Coll Korean Med, Seoul 02447, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include S. Kwon, Y. Chae, Y.S. Lee and S.G. Ko (see also Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions - Stroke).

Keywords for this news article include: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions, Clinical Trials and Studies, Risk and Prevention, Health and Medicine, Insurance Companies, Clinical Research, Health Insurance, Stroke, Asia, Kyung Hee University.