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'July effect' does not impact stroke outcomes, according to new study
(St. Michael's Hospital) Patients with strokes caused by blood clots -known as acute ischemic strokes- who were admitted in July had similar outcomes compared to patients admitted any other month, according to a new study. The findings challenge concerns about the possibility of lower quality of care and the potential risk of poorer outcomes in teaching hospitals when new medical residents start each July - sometimes called the 'July effect.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Academic Year-end Changeover and Stroke Outcomes
Lower quality of care and poorer outcomes are suspected when new trainees (eg, residents) start in July in teaching hospitals, the so-called “the July effect.” We evaluated outcomes and processes of care among patients with an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) admitted in July versus other 11 months of the year.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 23, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Tai Hwan Park, Donald A. Redelmeier, Shudong Li, Jitphapa Pongmoragot, Gustavo Saposnik, Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke network (RCSN) for the Stroke Outcomes Research (SORCan) Working Group Source Type: research

Case series of post-thrombolysis patients undergoing hemicraniectomy for malignant anterior circulation ischaemic stroke.
Authors: Williams A, Sittampalam M, Barua N, Mohd Nor A Abstract While ischaemic stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability, there have been recent advancements in treatment modalities including thrombolysis and decompressive hemicraniectomy. A retrospective review of patients treated in our NHS teaching hospital, in Plymouth (UK), over a 2 year period identified 17 thrombolysed patients, of whom two had undergone subsequent decompressive hemicraniectomy. These were non-dominant hemisphere strokes in young patients, aged 51 and 57. Initial NIHSS scores were 16 and 17, and they received thrombolysis at 2...
Source: Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiovasc Psychiatry Neurol Source Type: research

Gender difference of clinical characteristics and risk factors of mortality in ischemic stroke with atrial fibrillation: Admitted to a teaching hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
This study aimed at exploring the gender difference of clinical characteristics and determining the risk factors of one-year mortality of IS with AF in our hospital.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - November 13, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jiang Wei, Zhao Xiaofeng Tags: Abstracts GPTCM –RA and Speciality Committee of TCM Pharmaceutical analysis of WFCMS Source Type: research

Living Lab Falls-MACVIA-LR: The falls prevention initiative of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) in Languedoc-Roussillon
Publication date: Available online 16 September 2014 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): J. Bousquet , H. Blain , F. Abecassis , P.A. Adnet , B. Alomène , M. Amouyal , B. Bardy , M.P. Battesti , G. Baptista , P.L. Bernard , J. Berthe , C. Boubakri , J. Burille , M.V. Calmels , B. Combe , D. Delignières , A. Dupeyron , G. Dupeyron , O. Engberink , F. Gressard , D. Hève , D. Jakovenko , C. Jeandel , M. Lapierre , M.S. Léglise , I. Laffont , C. Laurent , B. Lognos , J.M. Lussert , K. Mandrick , V. Marmelat , P. Martin-Gousset , A. Matheron , G. Mercier , C. Meunier , J. Morel , G. Ninot , F. Nouvel , J.P. Orti...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - October 12, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Influence of gender on the risk of death and adverse events in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing pharmacoinvasive strategy
Abstract Pharmacoinvasive treatment is an acceptable alternative for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in developing countries. The present study evaluated the influence of gender on the risks of death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in this population. Seven municipal emergency rooms and the Emergency Mobile Healthcare Service in São Paulo treated STEMI patients with tenecteplase. The patients were subsequently transferred to a tertiary teaching hospital for early (<24 h) coronary angiography. A total of 469 patients were evaluated [329 men (70.1 %)]. Compared ...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis - October 2, 2014 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

Can air pollution trigger an onset of atrial fibrillation: a population-based study
This study aims to evaluate the effect of air pollution on the new AF onset requiring hospitalization. A case-crossover analysis was performed on a population of patients hospitalized in a large tertiary teaching hospital between 2006 and 2010 with first life occurrence of atrial fibrillation; 1458 patients were admitted to the hospital with new-onset AF. AF onset was associated with an interquartile range elevation of carbon monoxide concentrations during the winter season (odds ratio 1.15, p = 0.040) and sulfur dioxide concentrations during the fall season (odds ratio 1.21, p = 0.028). An interquartile range elev...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - September 14, 2014 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Prevalence, components and associated demographic and lifestyle factors of the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Background: Adults with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are twice as likely to die from and three times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with people without the syndrome. About 70-80% of type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) patients are diagnosed with the MetS. Investigating the occurrence of the MetS in type 2 DM patients is critical for cardiovascular disease prevention. We evaluated the prevalence and components of the MetS and its associated clinical and demographic factors in a Ghanaian adult population with DM 2. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 previously diagnosed type 2 ...
Source: BioMed Central - July 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Victor MogreZenabankara S SalifuRobert Abedandi Source Type: research

Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Embolic Complications in Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
We describe baseline characteristics of HHT and compare the prevalence of embolic complications in patients with significant PAVM compared to patients without significant PAVM. One hundred and eight consecutive patients were included. Significant PAVM was defined as: contrast echocardiography grade 2 or greater; bilateral PAVM or feeding artery bigger than 3mm; or previous PAVM treatment. Primary composite outcome was defined as: cerebrovascular accident, cerebral abscess or peripheral embolism. 20% of participants had embolic complications, the most frequent one was stroke. Embolic complications were associated with signi...
Source: Archivos de Bronconeumologia - March 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Angriman F, Ferreyro BL, Wainstein EJ, Serra MM Tags: Arch Bronconeumol Source Type: research

Improving the one-year mortality of stroke patients: an 18-year observation in a teaching hospital.
This study determined the one-year survival rate and prognostic factors of hospitalized hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients from 1991 to 2008 in a teaching hospital in Taiwan. We also evaluated the improvements in the one-year mortality after stroke during an 18-year study period. Patients admitted for cerebral hemorrhage (n = 3,678) and cerebral infarction (n = 16,010), identified from an in-patient electronic database, were linked to the National Death Registry of Taiwan. Actuarial analysis was used to determine the one-year survival rates, and Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to investigate the pre...
Source: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine - February 8, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Chen HF, Li CY, Lee SP, Kwok YT, Chu YT Tags: Tohoku J Exp Med Source Type: research

Life-saving clot-busting drugs more likely to be administered in hospitals with neurology residency programs
Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs are significantly more likely to get life-saving clot-busting drugs than those seen at other teaching or non-teaching hospitals, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. The findings, described online in the journal Neurology, suggest that patients at academic medical centers with neurology residency programs likely benefit from having stroke specialists on hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Hospitals with Neurology Residency Programs More Likely to Administer Life-Saving Clot-Busting Drugs - 11/6/13
Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs are significantly more likely to get life-saving clot-busting drugs than those seen at other teaching or non-teaching hospitals, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - November 6, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: news

Hospitals with neurology residency programs more likely to administer life-saving clot-busting drugs
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs are significantly more likely to get life-saving clot-busting drugs than those seen at other teaching or non-teaching hospitals, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Increased platelet activation in early symptomatic vs. asymptomatic carotid stenosis and relationship with microembolic status: results from the Platelets and Carotid Stenosis Study
DiscussionRecently, symptomatic carotid stenosis patients have had higher platelet counts (potentially reflecting increased platelet production, mobilization or reduced clearance) and platelet activation status than asymptomatic patients. MES were more frequently detected in early symptomatic than asymptomatic patients, but the differences between late symptomatic and asymptomatic groups were not significant. Increased lymphocyte‐platelet complex formation in recently symptomatic vs. asymptomatic MES‐negative patients indicates enhanced platelet activation in this early symptomatic subgroup. Platelet biomarkers, in com...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis - July 15, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: J. A. Kinsella, W. O. Tobin, S. Tierney, T. M. Feeley, B. Egan, D. R. Collins, T. Coughlan, D. O'Neill, J. Harbison, P. Madhavan, D. J. Moore, S. M. O'Neill, M. P. Colgan, C. P. Doherty, R. P. Murphy, M. Saqqur, N. Moran, G. Hamilton, D. J. H McCabe Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

In Sub-Saharan Africa Hypertension-Driven Disease Rapidly Rising
Based on the experience of a large hospital in Tanzania, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have discovered a "startlingly" high burden of hypertension in this sub-Saharan African country. In the Journal of Hypertension, the researchers say non-communicable disease -- driven primarily by hypertension, resulting in stroke and other cardiovascular diseases -- accounted for nearly half of the deaths and admissions during a three-year period at Weill Bugando Medical Center, one of Tanzania's preeminent teaching hospitals...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news