Conditions of the nervous system

Conditions treated and cured in this ward

The most frequent conditions we treat are:

• Acute cerebrovascular diseases, such as strokes
• Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer and other Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Neuromuscular diseases, such as Polyneuritis and Myasthenia Gravis
• Demyelinating and inflammatory central nervous system diseases, such as Multiple Sclerosis
• Epilepsy and sleep disorders
• Headache and Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain
• Cerebral neoplasms

In this unit we principally treat patients with acute neurological diseases, such as cerebral stroke, head trauma, convulsions, confusion where treatment during the first hours is decisive for the patient’s life and results. In recent years a 1st level Stroke Unit has been operative and it is dedicated to treatment of patients with cerebral stroke. It makes use of the work of a multidisciplinary team, including neurologists, nursing personnel, rehabilitation therapists and a speech therapist. Stroke unit is the most advanced and efficient treatment model of acute cerebrovascular disorders and the only one to significantly limit death and disability caused by this disease. This section is part of Veneto region’s network for the treatment of acute stroke, created in 2008.

Stroke unit, Neurophysiology, Neurosonology and Neuropsychology

Stroke Unit

The core of this activity is the Stroke Unit, a modern area for semi-intensive treatment with four monitored beds dedicated to the cure of acute ischemic or hemorragic cerebral stroke and subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Medic and nursing personnel of the Stroke Unit takes care of more than 400 strokes per year, performing intravenous thrombolytic treatment within hours from the onset if needed and conducts monitoring procedures in the following hours, in accordance with modern international protocols.

Not only providing assistance and a highly specialized medical treatment, the Stroke Unit combines the activity of Emergency Room. Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging, Cardiology, with Rehabilitation and all territorial and homecare system.