Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
The Lancet: 6 August 2014 Background Alteplase is effective for treatment of acute ischaemic stroke but debate continues about its use after longer times since stroke onset, in older patients, and among patients who have had the least or most severe strokes. We assessed the role of these factors in affecting good stroke outcome in patients […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Neurolog: August 6, 2014 Objective: We sought to identify current US hospital practices for feeding tube placement in ischemic stroke. Methods: In a retrospective observational study, we examined the frequency of feeding tube placement among hospitals in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample with ≥30 adult ischemic stroke admissions annually with length of stay greater than 3 days. We examined […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
JACC: August 2014 A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Read More
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
JAMA: August 2014 Importance Studies document a progressive increase in heart disease risk as systolic blood pressure (SBP) rises above 115 mm Hg, but it is unknown whether an SBP lower than 120 mm Hg among adults with hypertension (HTN) lowers heart failure, stroke, and myocardial infarction risk. Objective To examine the risk of incident cardiovascular (CV) […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
STROKEAHA: July 31, 2014 Background and Purpose—Adverse events (AE) in trial populations present a major burden to researchers and patients, yet most events are unrelated to investigational treatment. We aimed to develop a coherent list of expected AEs, whose incidence can be predicted by patient characteristics that will inform future trials and perhaps general poststroke care. […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
STROKEAHA: 8/1/14 Literature on the anesthetic management of endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is limited. Anesthetic management during these procedures is still mostly dependent on individual or institutional preferences. Thus, the Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) created a task force to provide expert consensus recommendations on anesthetic management of endovascular […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
STROKEAHA: July 29, 2014 Background and Purpose—Mexican Americans (MAs) were previously found to have lower mortality after ischemic stroke than non-Hispanic whites. We studied mortality trends in a population-based design. Methods—Active and passive surveillance were used to find all ischemic stroke cases from January 2000 to December 2011 in Nueces County, TX. Deaths were ascertained from […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
JAMA: July 28, 2014 Importance Intravenous thrombolysis remains the mainstay treatment for acute ischemic stroke. One of the most feared complications of the treatment is thrombolysis-related symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH), which occurs in nearly 6% of patients and carries close to 50% mortality. The treatment options for sICH are based on small case series and expert opinion, and the […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
AHA: July 8, 2014 Background and Purpose—Poststroke rehabilitation is associated with improved outcomes. Medicaid coverage of inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) admissions varies by state. We explored the role of state Medicaid IRF coverage on IRF utilization among patients with stroke. Methods—Working age ischemic stroke patients with Medicaid were identified from the 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
STROKEAHA: July 8, 2014 The stroke field has seen tremendous progress regarding both clinical and basic research advances over the past several decades. Preclinical stroke research has identified the major components of the ischemic cascade that contribute to the death of ischemic brain tissue and the important interactions between neuronal, glial, and endothelial cells not only […]
