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Automated Software System to Promote Anticoagulation and Reduce Stroke Risk Brief Report
Conclusions—No significant change in OAC prescribing occurred. A greater rate of diagnosis of transient ischemic attack (possibly because of improved detection or overdiagnosis) was associated with a reduction (of borderline significance) in stroke and hemorrhage over 12 months.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.isrctn.com. Unique Identifier: ISRCTN55722437.
Source: Stroke - February 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tim A. Holt, Andrew Dalton, Tom Marshall, Matthew Fay, Nadeem Qureshi, Susan Kirkpatrick, Jenny Hislop, Daniel Lasserson, Karen Kearley, Jill Mollison, Ly-Mee Yu, F.D. Richard Hobbs, David Fitzmaurice Tags: Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulants, Health Services, Ischemic Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research

Disparities in the Use of Seizure Medications After Intracerebral Hemorrhage Brief Report
Background and Purpose—We investigated potential disparities in the use of prophylactic seizure medications in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.Methods—Review of multicenter electronic health record (EHR) data with simultaneous prospective data recording. EHR data were retrieved from HealthLNK, a multicenter EHR repository in Chicago, Illinois, from 2006 to 2012 (multicenter cohort). Additional data were prospectively coded (single-center cohort) from 2007 through 2015.Results—The multicenter cohort comprised 3422 patients from 4 HealthLNK centers. Use of levetiracetam varied by race/ethnicity (P=0.0000008), wi...
Source: Stroke - February 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Andrew M. Naidech, Paloma Toledo, Shyam Prabhakaran, Jane L. Holl Tags: Health Services, Intracranial Hemorrhage Brief Reports Source Type: research