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Tracheostomy after Severe Ischemic Stroke: A Population-based Study
Conclusions: Tracheostomy is common after decompressive craniectomy and is strongly associated with the development of pneumonia. Given its impact on patient function and potentially modifiable associated factors, tracheostomy may warrant further study as an important patient-centered outcome among patients with stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 7, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Brian P. Walcott, Hooman Kamel, Brandyn Castro, W. Taylor Kimberly, Kevin N. Sheth Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Smoking and Mortality in Stroke Survivors: Can We Eliminate the Paradox?
Conclusions: Stroke survivors who smoke have an increased risk of all-cause mortality, which is largely because of cancer mortality. Socioeconomic and clinical factors explain stroke survivors' higher risk of CVD mortality associated with smoking.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Deborah A. Levine, James M. Walter, Sudeep J. Karve, Lesli E. Skolarus, Steven R. Levine, Kristine A. Mulhorn Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Ischemic Stroke among the Mexican Hispanic Population in the El Paso/US–Mexico Border Region
In this report, data were collected in the El Paso/US–Mexico border region, where 82% of the population is Mexican Hispanic, through a retrospective study of ischemic stroke from 2005-2010. Odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals, logistic regression, and multivariate analysis of the ORs adjusted for other variables, were used to analyze the effects of various risk factors on ischemic stroke. The metabolic syndrome and its components, specifically hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia appeared to be strongly associated with ischemic stroke in the Mexican Hispanic population. Mexican Hispanic ischemic stroke patien...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 19, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael F. Osborn, Charles C. Miller, Ahmed Badr, Jun Zhang Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Influence of Neighborhood Unemployment on Mortality after Stroke
Conclusions: The impact of SES-NH on mortality was different for stroke patients and the general population. Differences in the association between SES-NH and mortality may be partly explained by disease-related characteristics of the stroke cohort such as homogeneous lifestyles, similar morbidity profiles, medical factors, and old age.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 3, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael Unrath, Jürgen Wellmann, Claudia Diederichs, Lisa Binse, Marianne Kalic, Peter Ulrich Heuschmann, Klaus Berger Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Long-term Nutritional Status in Stroke Patients and its Predictive Factors
Conclusions: Malnutrition was highly prevalent, with an important role of change in food intake and food preferences, which could result from brain lesions and specific regimens. Living in an institution needs consideration, as its negative effects can be prevented.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 28, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Julie Paquereau, Etienne Allart, Monique Romon, Marc Rousseaux Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Revised iScore to Predict Outcomes after Acute Ischemic Stroke
The iScore is a validated tool to predict mortality and functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke. It incorporates stroke subtype according to the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification as one of its factors. However, the TOAST stroke subtype may not be easily determined without extensive investigations. We aimed to test if the stroke subtype can be substituted by the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification. We applied the iScore and the revised iScore, in which the TOAST subtype was replaced by the OCSP classification, to patients admitted to a single hospital for acute...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 7, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Sheng-Feng Sung, Yu-Wei Chen, Ling-Chien Hung, Huey-Juan Lin Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Differential Lesion Patterns on T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluid-attenuated Inversion Recovery Sequences in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale
Background: The present study aimed to determine lesion patterns and the stroke mechanisms in cryptogenic ischemic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T2WI) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences combined.Methods: In this retrospective study, 38 patients with cryptogenic stroke and an isolated PFO compared with 51 cryptogenic stroke patients without PFO were evaluated and their characteristics of lesion patterns on T2WI and FLAIR sequences combined were investigated. The number, distribution of small ischemic lesions, and the frequency of multiple sm...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 15, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Yang-Yang Huang, Bei Shao, Xian-Da Ni, Jian-Ce Li Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Changes in Serum Growth Factors in Stroke Rehabilitation Patients and Their Relation to Hemiparesis Improvement
Predicting recovery from hemiparesis after stroke is important for rehabilitation. A few recent studies reported that the levels of some growth factors shortly after stroke were positively correlated with the clinical outcomes during the chronic phase. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the serum levels of growth factors (vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGF], insulin-like growth factor-I [IGF-I], and hepatocyte growth factor [HGF]) and improvement in hemiparesis in stroke patients who received rehabilitation in a postacute rehabilitation hospital. Subjects were 32 stroke patients (cerebral ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 25, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hideto Okazaki, Hidehiko Beppu, Kenmei Mizutani, Sayaka Okamoto, Shigeru Sonoda Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
A Literature Review of Indirect Costs Associated with Stroke
Conclusions: Most of the literature indicates that indirect costs account for a significant portion of the economic burden of stroke, and there is a pressing need to develop proper approaches to analyze these costs and to make better use of relevant data sources for such studies or establish new ones.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 23, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Heesoo Joo, Mary G. George, Jing Fang, Guijing Wang Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research
The Effects of Citicoline on Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Review
Early reopening of the occluded artery is, thus, important in ischemic stroke, and it has been calculated that 2 million neurons die every minute in an ischemic stroke if no effective therapy is given; therefore, “Time is Brain.” In massive hemispheric infarction and edema, surgical decompression lowers the risk of death or severe disability defined as a modified Rankin Scale score greater than 4 in selected patients. The majority, around 80%-85% of all ischemic stroke victims, does not fulfill the criteria for revascularization therapy, and also for these patients, there is no effective acute therapy. Also there is no...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 15, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Karsten Overgaard Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research
Effects of Stroke Education Using an Animated Cartoon and a Manga on Elementary School Children
Background: Stroke education for the youth is expected to reduce prehospital delay by informing the bystander of appropriate action to take and providing knowledge to prevent onset of stroke in future. Previously, we developed effective teaching materials consisting of an animated cartoon and a Manga for junior high school students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of our educational materials for stroke education taught by schoolteachers to elementary school children.Methods: Using our teaching materials, a 30-minute lesson was given by trained general schoolteachers. Questionnaires ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 2, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuki Sakamoto, Chiaki Yokota, Fumio Miyashita, Tatsuo Amano, Yuya Shigehatake, Satoshi Oyama, Naruhiko Itagaki, Kosuke Okumura, Kazunori Toyoda, Kazuo Minematsu Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Outcome and Risk Factors Presented in Old Patients Above 80 Years of Age Versus Younger Patients After Ischemic Stroke
Background: Older patients are associated with increased stroke prevalence, worse outcome, and risk of undertreatment in comparison with younger patients. The aim of the present study was to compare risk factor distribution and functional outcome in stroke survivors older and younger than 80 years.Methods: The analysis was based on consecutive patients admitted within 6 hours after stroke onset and discharged with ischemic stroke, surviving at least 3 months after ictus. To prevent bias, the analysis was based on a registry from before implementation of tissue plasminogen activator treatment; all patients received strok...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 2, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Line Bentsen, Louisa Christensen, Anders Christensen, Hanne Christensen Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Stroke-induced Immune Depression–A Randomized Case Control Study in Kashmiri Population of North India
Conclusions: The higher levels of urinary cortisol and norepinephrine were observed in patients with stroke who developed infections, which indirectly reflected increased amount of stroke related stress. Furthermore, the levels of plasma IL-6 and IL-10 were also elevated in the same group of patients, which means transformation of immunecompetence to immunedepression, which is responsible for higher mortality. Subsequently on recovery from infection the plasma levels of interleukins and urinary cortisol and norepinephrine did not show any difference, which indirectly means recovery of the immune system on recovery from ac...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 11, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Devinder Kumar, Roohi Rasool, Khalid Z. Masoodi, Imtiyaz A. Bhat, Sawan Verma, Sheikh Saleem Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Association of the ASCO Classification with the Executive Function Subscores of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Patients with Postischemic Stroke
Conclusions: These results suggest that the ASCO phenotypic classification of stroke is useful not only for assessing the etiology of ischemic stroke but also for predicting cognitive decline after ischemic stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 29, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Kazuo Washida, Masafumi Ihara, Hisatsugu Tachibana, Kenji Sekiguchi, Hisatomo Kowa, Fumio Kanda, Tatsushi Toda Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Secondary Prevention and Health Promotion after Stroke: Can It Be Enhanced?
The aim was to study if health outcome and secondary prevention were satisfactory 1 year after stroke and if nurse-led interventions 3 months after stroke could have impact. Design was a randomized controlled open trial in a 1-year population. Primary outcome was health status 1 year after stroke. One month after stroke, survivors were randomized into intervention group (IG) with follow-up by a specialist nurse (SN) after 3 months (n = 232), and control group (CG) with standard care (n = 227), all to be followed up 1 year after stroke. At the first follow-up, patients graded their health, replied to the EuroQol-5 ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 21, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ann-Cathrin Jönsson, Peter Höglund, Marco Brizzi, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
