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Weather as physiologically equivalent was not associated with ischemic stroke onsets in Vienna, 2004-2010.
Abstract Stroke rates were found to have seasonal variations. However, previous studies using air temperature, humidity, or air pressure separately were not adequate, and the study catchment was not clearly drawn. Therefore, here we proposed to use a thermal index called physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) that incorporates air temperature, humidity, wind speed, cloud cover, air pressure and radiation flux from a biometeorological approach to estimate the effect of weather as physiologically equivalent on ischemic stroke onsets in an Austrian population. Eight thousand four hundred eleven stroke events in...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - April 16, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ferrari J, Shiue I, Seyfang L, Matzarakis A, Lang W, Austrian Stroke Registry Collaborators Tags: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Source Type: research

Etiologic Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults: A Comparative Study between Two European Centers
Introduction: Identifying the cause of ischemic stroke in young adults is often difficult. Our objective was to compare the etiologic diagnostic strategy for ischemic stroke in young adults between 2 European centers and investigate the influence of workup variations in the diagnosed etiologies. Patients and Methods: We included patients aged 18-55 years admitted for ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack to the stroke units of Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, and Innsbruck University Hospital in Innsbruck, Austria, between 2014 and 2016.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 13, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Bernardo Crespo Pimentel, Johann Willeit, Thomas T öll, Stefan Kiechl, Teresa Pinho e Melo, Patrícia Canhão, Catarina Fonseca, José Ferro Source Type: research

Thrombolysis and clinical outcome in patients with stroke after implementation of the Tyrol Stroke Pathway: a retrospective observational study
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2014 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Johann Willeit , Theresa Geley , Johannes Schöch , Heinrich Rinner , Andreas Tür , Hans Kreuzer , Norbert Thiemann , Michael Knoflach , Thomas Toell , Raimund Pechlaner , Karin Willeit , Natalie Klingler , Silvia Praxmarer , Michael Baubin , Gertrud Beck , Klaus Berek , Christian Dengg , Klaus Engelhardt , Thomas Erlacher , Thomas Fluckinger , Wilhelm Grander , Josef Grossmann , Hermann Kathrein , Norbert Kaiser , Benjamin Matosevic , Heinrich Matzak , Markus Mayr , Robert Perfler , Werner Poewe , Alexandra Rauter , Gudrun Schoen...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - December 8, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The weekend effect in stroke mortality: evidence from Austrian acute care hospitals
AbstractMany studies provide evidence for the so-called weekend effect by demonstrating that patients admitted to hospital during weekends show less favourable outcomes such as increased mortality, compared with similar patients admitted during weekdays. The underlying causes for this phenomenon are still discussed controversially. We analysed factors influencing weekend effects in inpatient care for acute stroke in Austria. The study analysed secondary datasets from all 130 public acute care hospitals in Austria between 2010 and 2014 (Austrian DRG Data). The study cohort included 86,399 patient cases admitted with acute i...
Source: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics - November 3, 2021 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for early decannulation in tracheotomised patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke (PHAST-TRAC): a prospective, single-blinded, randomised trial
Publication date: Available online 28 August 2018Source: The Lancet NeurologyAuthor(s): Rainer Dziewas, Rebecca Stellato, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Ernst Walther, Cornelius J Werner, Tobias Braun, Giuseppe Citerio, Mitja Jandl, Michael Friedrichs, Katja Nötzel, Milan R Vosko, Satish Mistry, Shaheen Hamdy, Susan McGowan, Tobias Warnecke, Paul Zwittag, Philip M Bath, Tobias Braun, Rainer Dziewas, Michael FriedrichsSummaryBackgroundDysphagia after stroke is common, especially in severely affected patients who have had a tracheotomy. In a pilot trial, pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PES) improved swallowing function in this ...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - August 29, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Interdisciplinary networking for optimal treatment decision-making : Fast decision-making in acute ischemic stroke management
This article presents a concept for supraregional stroke care by means of networking all involved actors in the prehospital as well as in the in-hospital area. Further needs analyses should ensure the implementation as well as the generalizability to different regions.PMID:34232343 | DOI:10.1007/s00117-021-00876-6
Source: Der Radiologe - July 7, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Karl Egger Ingmar Gergel Hannah Syrek Source Type: research

The weekend effect revisited: evidence from the Upper Austrian stroke registry
AbstractEmpirical evidence on the so-called ‘weekend-effect’ on stroke mortality is mixed with some studies reporting significantly higher mortality for weekend admissions and others finding no difference. The aim of this paper is to enhance the evidence on the weekend-effect on stroke mortality using a rich stroke registry data set from Upper Austria and to discuss underlying reasons for the heterogeneity in results. Using logistic regressions and ordinary least squares regressions with hospital and year-fixed effects, the outcomes of weekend versus weekday admissions are compared for patients admitted to 16 hospitals...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - February 12, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, Heart and Stroke Patients Go Missing
Emergency physicians are seeing declines in the number of patients arriving with cardiac problems. Some say they were afraid to go to the hospital.
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Emergency Medical Treatment Heart Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hospitals Stroke Fear (Emotion) Deaths (Fatalities) United States Jaipur (India) Austria Source Type: news

Patterns of acute ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage in patients with COVID-19
In this study, we sought to investigate associations between neuroimaging findings with clinical, demographic, blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) parameters, pre-existing conditions and the severity of acute COVID-19.Materials and methodsRetrospective multicenter data retrieval from 10 university medical centers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria between February 2020 and September 2021. We included patients with COVID-19, acute neurological symptoms and cranial imaging. We collected demographics, neurological symptoms, COVID-19 severity, results of cranial imaging, blood and CSF parameters during the hospital stay.Resul...
Source: Journal of Neurology - February 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Austrians Disease Management Program in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
by Regina Riedl, Martin Robausch, Andrea Berghold AimTo evaluate the effectiveness of the Austrian Disease Management Program (DMP) ‘Therapie aktiv—Diabetes im Griff’ for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus concerning patient-relevant outcomes (mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke) and costs. MethodsBased on routine health insurance data, we conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study using a propensity score (PS) matched control group design. The DMP-group consists of participants enrolled in the program during 2008 and 2009 (n = 7181). Out of 208.532 patients with no participation in the DMP u...
Source: PLoS One - August 16, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Regina Riedl Source Type: research

Heartburn Drugs May Lead To Allergies, Study Suggests
(CNN) — When heartburn or ulcer pain strikes, drugs can target stomach acid to calm bellies and offer relief. But a new study suggests the medications may come with a hive-inducing side effect: allergies. After analyzing health insurance data from more than 8 million people in Austria, researchers found that prescriptions of anti-allergy medications surged in those who were prescribed stomach acid inhibitors, a class of drugs that includes proton-pump inhibitors and H2 blockers. The findings, published Tuesday in the medical journal Nature Communications, suggest that disrupting the stomach’s delicate balance o...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Allergies CNN Heartburn Source Type: news

Hospital admissions of acute cerebrovascular diseases during and after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a state-wide experience from Austria
AbstractWe investigated hospital admission rates for the entire spectrum of acute cerebrovascular diseases and of recanalization treatments for ischaemic stroke (IS) in the Austrian federal state of Styria during and also after the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave. We retrospectively identified all patients with transient ischaemic attack (TIA), IS and non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH; including intracerebral, subdural and subarachnoid bleeding types) admitted to one of the 11 public hospitals in Styria (covering  >  95% of inhospital cerebrovascular events in this region). Information was e...
Source: Journal of Neurology - September 27, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research