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Functional outcomes of pre-hospital thrombolysis in a mobile stroke treatment unit compared with conventional care: an observational registry study
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02358772. Findings Between Feb 5, 2011, and March 5, 2015, 427 patients were treated within the STEMO vehicle and their data were entered into a pre-hospital registry. 505 patients received conventional care and their data were entered into an in-hospital thrombolysis registry. Of these, 305 patients in the STEMO group and 353 in the conventional care group met inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. 161 (53%) patients in the STEMO group versus 166 (47%) in the conventional care group had an mRS score of 1 or lower (p=0·14). Compared with conventio...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - July 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Dementia risk after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: a prospective cohort study
Publication date: July 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology, Volume 15, Issue 8 Author(s): Solène Moulin, Julien Labreuche, Stéphanie Bombois, Costanza Rossi, Gregoire Boulouis, Hilde Hénon, Alain Duhamel, Didier Leys, Charlotte Cordonnier Background Dementia occurs in at least 10% of patients within 1 year after stroke. However, the risk of dementia after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage that accounts for about 15% of all strokes has not been investigated in prospective studies. We aimed to determine the incidence of dementia and risk factors after an intracerebral haemorrhage. Methods We did a prospective...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - June 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research