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Intra-Arterial Stroke Tx Takes Hit, but Survives
HONOLULU (MedPage Today) -- The buzz here at the International Stroke Conference is the poor showing of endovascular therapies for treating acute ischemic stroke. But there are "glimmers" that certain patients might benefit, said Joseph P. Broderick, MD, in this exclusive InFocus interview.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 8, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hot Topics: Improving Stroke Care in the ER
(MedPage Today) -- What can be done to improve stroke care in emergency departments with existing drugs and technologies? That's the question we put to three stroke neurologists, who said door-to-needle times and procedures have not yet been optimized.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Rounds: No Stroke Benefit With Ablation of Atrial Flutter
(MedPage Today) -- Catheter ablation of atrial flutter may reduce the use of hospital-based services and atrial fibrillation, but not the risk of stroke, an observational study showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 1, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Rounds: Stroke Risk Spikes After Cancer Diagnosis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke most common in first month.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 8, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Rounds: Too Much Shut-Eye May Up Stroke Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Prolonged sleep could be a useful marker of increased stroke risk in an aging population.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 26, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Network Leads to Better Outcomes (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke care networks save lives and reduce the need for long-term care, a study of one of the largest and longest operating networks confirmed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gestational Diabetes Tied to Perinatal Stroke
AUSTIN, Texas (MedPage Today) -- Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke has many possible risk factors, including gestational diabetes, researchers reported here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cooling Stroke Babies Aids Development
AUSTIN, Texas (MedPage Today) -- In a small group of perinatal stroke patients, intentional cooling in the NICU was associated with a total lack of seizures and improved long-term language, cognitive, and neuromotor scores, researchers reported here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Rheumatology Top News: SGR Fix, Guidelines for Stroke in Women
(MedPage Today) -- A repeal of the SGR was the highlight of the week in rheumatology, along with stroke guidelines for women.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 7, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gout Culprit Promising as Acute Stroke Tx
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Uric acid given along with thrombolytics in the first hours after an ischemic stroke showed a signal for improved recovery, a Spanish proof-of-concept trial showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 12, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Driving High on List for Stroke Survivors
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Stroke survivors seldom seek formal evaluation of readiness to get back behind the wheel, even if they have significant limitations in other daily activities, a survey showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 14, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Early Magnesium Tx No Help for Acute Stroke (CME/CE)
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Magnesium sulfate didn't work as a neuroprotective agent in acute stroke when administered in the ambulance, but treating these patients in the pre-hospital setting is possible, a study found.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 14, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke: Initiative Cuts Time to tPA (CME/CE)
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- An effort to shorten the time between when patients with acute ischemic stroke arrive at the hospital and when they receive intravenous thrombolytic therapy -- the door-to-needle time -- proved successful, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 17, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cardio Notes: HIV and Stroke, PCI Guidance (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The risk of ischemic stroke appears to be higher in HIV-positive individuals with poorer immune function. Also, commonly used techniques to enhance lesion assessment in percutaneous coronary intervention don't increase survival.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - June 30, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Rounds: Risk Climbs When BP Is Moving Target (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in hypertensive patients is a risk factor for stroke and death
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 28, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
