Therapies
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: Waleed Brinjikji, MD; Alejandro A. Rabinstein, MD; Harry J. Cloft, MD, PhD, March 22, 2012. Background and Purpose—It is important to know the costs for hospitalization for ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis so that comparisons can be made with payments to hospitals. Methods—Using the National Inpatient Sample, we evaluated hospitalization costs for patients […]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Reuters: By Anna Yukhananov, Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:38pm EDT. * Stent meant to unblock arteries in brain * NIH-funded study showed it did more harm than drugs * Watchdog group calls for withdrawal * FDA advisers to discuss stent on Friday WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Wednesday questioned whether they should ask Stryker […]
Therapies
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Crc.ahajournals: March 19, 2012. Abstract Warfarin has been in clinical use for nearly 60 years, and in 2010 there were over 25 million prescriptions for warfarin in the U.S. While warfarin is highly efficacious, it has a narrow therapeutic window to achieve desired anticoagulation without excess risk of bleeding. Anticoagulation status is monitored with the International […]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Washington Post: By Lenny Bernstein, Published: March 19, 2012. Kris Brott was more amazed than alarmed when her tongue suddenly seemed to turn upside down in her mouth. She was in the office at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, dropping off a check for her son’s baseball team, when she suddenly found herself quite literally tongue-tied. Her […]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Medicalxpress: in Cardiology March 16, 2012. Copenhagen, 16 March 2012: Stroke survivors who like art have a significantly higher quality of life than those who do not, according to new research. Patients who appreciated music, painting and theatre recovered better from their stroke than patients who did not. Stroke is the third cause of death in the western […]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
The Cochrane Library: MARCH 14, 2012. Abstract Background Mirror therapy is used to improve motor function after stroke. During mirror therapy, a mirror is placed in the patient’s midsagittal plane, thus reflecting movements of the non-paretic side as if it were the affected side. Objectives To summarise the effectiveness of mirror therapy for improving motor function, activities […]
Therapies
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Meta-analysis of Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trials Archinte.ama-assn.org: Ken Uchino, MD; Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD – March 12, 2012. Background The original RE-LY (Randomized Evaluation of Long-term Anticoagulant Therapy) trial suggested a small increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) with the use of dabigatran etexilate vs warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. We systematically evaluated the risk of […]
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
Schattauer.de: A. Banerjee (1), D. A. Lane (1), C. Torp-Pedersen (2), G. Y. H. Lip (1), (1) University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK; (2) Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital – March 12, 2012. Gentofte, Denmark Summary The concept of net clinical benefit has been used to quantify the balance between risk […]
Therapies
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Time to Finally Open Our Eyes! Content.onlinejacc.org: Michele Coceani, MD* * Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (Email: michecoc@ftgm.it). March 12, 2012. I read with interest the study by Saksena et al. (1) recently published in the Journal. Analyzing data from the AFFIRM (Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management) trial, the authors report that atrial fibrillation […]
Therapies
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals: The Bern Stroke Project Urs Fischer, MD, MSc; Marie-Luise Mono, MD; Marcel Zwahlen, PhD; Krassen Nedeltchev, MD; Marcel Arnold, MD; Aekatarini Galimanis, MD; Sabine Bucher, MSc; Oliver Findling, MD; Niklaus Meier, MD; Caspar Brekenfeld, MD; Jan Gralla, MD, MSc; Regula Heller, MNSc, MPH; Beatrice Tschannen, MPH; Heinz Schaad, MD; Gabriel Waldegg, MD; Thomas Zehnder, MD; […]
