Therapies
Monday, November 4th, 2013
The American Heart Association: October 28, 2013 The Value of Disease-Based Registries in Improving Quality and Outcomes The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) is a trusted source of scientific information in cardiovascular medicine. The AHA/ASA has a longstanding commitment to support state-of-the-art scientific research in cardiovascular disease and stroke. The AHA/ASA has also developed a leadership role in translating cardiovascular science […]
Therapies
Monday, November 4th, 2013
American Heart Association: October 28, 2013 Since the initial scientific statement on Secondary revention of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in the Elderly was published in 2002,1 several trends have continued hat make an update highly appropriate. First, the graying of the US population and those of other industrialized ountries has progressed unabated because more adults are surviving into their senior […]
Therapies
Friday, November 1st, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surg: 10/23/13 Background With the advancement of an aging society in the world, an increasing number of elderly patients have been hospitalized due to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). There is no study that compares the elderly cases of aSAH who receive the definitive treatment with those who treated conservatively. The aim of this study […]
Therapies
Friday, November 1st, 2013
International Journal of Stroke: OCT 22, 2013 Novel oral anticoagulants provide an effective and convenient alternative to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, novel anticoagulants also present new challenges for stroke physicians, such as measurement of anticoagulant effect in emergency situations, use of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke, optimal timing of introduction […]
Therapies
Friday, November 1st, 2013
International Journal of Stroke: OCT 22, 2013 Benzodiazepines have been proposed both as a neuroprotectant and risk factor for pneumonia in acute stroke. Aims We assessed the impact of benzodiazepine exposure on the modified Rankin scale score distribution at 90 days as well as pneumonia rates among patients registered in a trials archive. Method We […]
Therapies
Friday, November 1st, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surg: October 22, 2013 Methods In acute ischemic stroke, good outcome following successful recanalization is time dependent. In patients undergoing endovascular therapy at our institution, recanalization times with the Solitaire stent were retrospectively evaluated to assess for the presence of a learning curve in achieving rapid recanalization. Methods We reviewed patients who presented to our […]
Therapies
Friday, November 1st, 2013
STROKEAHA: August 20, 2013 Background and Purpose—The need for surgical feeding tube placement after acute stroke can be uncertain and associated with further morbidity. Methods—Retrospective data were recorded and compared across patients with acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. We identified all feeding tubes placed as percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes. A prediction score for PEG […]
Guidelines, Therapies
Monday, October 21st, 2013
Int J Qual Health Care: October 17, 2013 Objective Despite widespread interest in many jurisdictions in monitoring and improving the quality of stroke care delivery, benchmarks for most stroke performance indicators have not been established. The objective of this study was to develop data-derived benchmarks for acute stroke quality indicators. Design Nine key acute stroke quality indicators were […]
Therapies
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Neurology: October 4, 2013 Objective: To determine the rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SIH) and in-hospital mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke related to Chagas disease (CD) treated with IV tissue plasminogen activator (TPA). Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, consecutive stroke patients treated with IV TPA and routinely tested for CD were retrospectively selected from a […]
Therapies
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Wiley: 10/9/13 The field of neurorehabilitation aims to translate neuroscience research toward the goal of maximizing functional recovery after neurological injury. A growing body of research indicates that the fundamental principles of neurological rehabilitation are applicable to a broad range of congenital, degenerative, and acquired neurological disorders. In this perspective, we will focus on motor recovery […]
