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Stroke-Specific Quality of Life one-year post-stroke in two Scandinavian country-regions with different organisation of rehabilitation services: a prospective study.
Conclusions: Successful improvements in one-year functioning in both country-regions may result from optimising long-term rehabilitation services to address cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. Stroke-Specific Quality of Life one-year post-stroke could be explained by individual factors, such as pre-stroke dependency and mental health, rather than differences in the organisation of subacute rehabilitation services.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe stroke-specific health related quality of life (SS-QOL) assessment tool captures multidimensional effects of a stroke from the perspective of the patient, which is clin...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - April 30, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pedersen SG, Friborg O, Heiberg GA, Arntzen C, Stabel HH, Thrane G, Nielsen JF, Anke A Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Contrast ‐enhanced sonothrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients without intracranial large‐vessel occlusion
ConclusionCEST is safe in ischemic stroke patients without intracranial LVO. There were no differences in clinical outcomes between the treatment groups.
Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - October 25, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: C. E. Kvistad, A. Nacu, V. Novotny, N. Logallo, U. Waje ‐Andreassen, H. Naess, L. Thomassen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Oral health and cardiovascular disease risk factors and mortality of cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral infarction and unspecified stroke in elderly men: A prospective cohort study.
Conclusions: Oral health measured by number of tooth extractions >10 was an independent predictor for cerebral infarction in addition to age, HDL-C, hs-C-reactive protein and diabetes. The pattern of risk factors varied between the specific stroke diagnoses. PMID: 31814529 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - December 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Håheim LL, Nafstad P, Schwarze PE, Olsen I, Rønningen KS, Thelle DS Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research

Stroke admission rates before, during and after the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
ConclusionThe period of COVID-19 lockdown was associated with a temporary reduction in total admissions of strokes. In particular, there were fewer with TIA and mild stroke. Given the need to prevent the worsening of symptoms and risk of recurrence, it is necessary to emphasise the importance to seek medical care even in states of emergency.
Source: Neurological Sciences - January 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
CONCLUSIONThis pilot study shows that anesthesiologists trained in prehospital critical care may effectively assess cerebral CT scans in an MSU, and determine if there are radiological contraindications for thrombolysis.
Source: Journal of Neuroimaging - July 1, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Maren Ranhoff Hov, Erik Zakariassen, Thomas Lindner, Terje Nome, Kristi G. Bache, Jo R øislien, Jostein Gleditsch, Volker Solyga, David Russell, Christian G. Lund, Tags: Clinical Investigative Study Source Type: research

The Outcome of Status Epilepticus and Long-Term Follow-Up
Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of regular care and patient follow-up. Introduction Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition and most extreme form of epilepsy (1), which leads to abnormal and prolonged seizure (at least 5 min). In case SE persists over 30 min, it may have severe long-term consequences (2). Referring to the new classification scheme of SE, there are two operational dimensions of the definition: time point 1 (T1) is associated with abnormally prolonged seizure, when therapy should be initiated, while time point 2 (T2) is related to the time of on-going seizure activity involving a risk...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes following initiation of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors versus other glucose-lowering drugs (CVD-REAL Nordic): a multinational observational analysis
Publication date: Available online 3 August 2017 Source:The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Author(s): Kåre I Birkeland, Marit E Jørgensen, Bendix Carstensen, Frederik Persson, Hanne L Gulseth, Marcus Thuresson, Peter Fenici, David Nathanson, Thomas Nyström, Jan W Eriksson, Johan Bodegård, Anna Norhammar Background In patients with type 2 diabetes and a high cardiovascular risk profile, the sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors empagliflozin and canagliflozin have been shown to lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Using real-world data from clinical practice, we aimed to compare cardiovas...
Source: The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology - August 4, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

Validation of intracranial hemorrhage in the Norwegian Patient  Registry
ConclusionCoding of ICH discharge diagnoses in the NPR is of high quality, showing that data from this registry can safely be used for medical research. Administrative and clinical health registries are established to monitor and manage healthcare services. Data from these registries can be used in epidemiological studies as they are easily obtained, include high number of patients, and provide both high external validity and statistical power. However, in order to be useful in research, health registries need to have accurate diagnoses and sufficient coverage in the population they serve. We validated coding of intracran...
Source: Brain and Behavior - January 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Lise R. Øie, Mattis A. Madsbu, Charalampis Giannadakis, Anders Vorhaug, Heidi Jensberg, Øyvind Salvesen, Sasha Gulati Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Thirty ‐day readmission after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
ConclusionsAlmost one in five of our spontaneous ICH survivors was readmitted within 30 days, and most readmissions were caused by infections. Almost one in five of our spontaneous ICH survivors were readmitted within 30 days. Most readmissions were caused by infections.
Source: Brain and Behavior - January 1, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Anna Therese Bjerkreim, Andrej Netland Khanevski, Solveig Bergliot Glad, Lars Thomassen, Halvor Naess, Nicola Logallo Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Bone mineral density and risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women: the HUNT study
AbstractThe association between bone mineral density (BMD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not fully understood. We evaluated BMD as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and specifically atrial fibrillation (AF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischemic (IS) and hemorrhagic stroke (HS) and heart failure (HF) in men and women. This prospective population cohort utilized data on 22 857 adults from the second and third surveys of the HUNT Study in Norway free from CVD at baseline. BMD was measured using single and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the non-dominant distal forearm and T-score was calculated. Hazard...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - September 13, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research