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Your NEJM Group Today: Femoral Head Dislocation to the Scrotum, Stroke After Cancer Diagnosis, California FP Opportunity (FREE)
By The Editors
NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:NEJM …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - March 2, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Three Trials Show Benefits of Thrombectomy in Stroke Patients (FREE)
By Larry Husten
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Three new studies offer additional evidence that early treatment with current thrombectomy devices that extract clots from blood vessels in the brain can lead to improved outcomes in carefully selected stroke patients. The industry-supported trials were stopped early based …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - February 13, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Magnesium Is Not Neuroprotective in Stroke (FREE)
By Ali Raja, MD, and Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Prehospital treatment with magnesium does not lead to improved 90-day disability outcomes in patients with stroke, a New England Journal of Medicine study …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - February 5, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dutch Trial Gives Support to Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke (FREE)
By Larry Husten
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Thrombectomy may be beneficial in patients with acute ischemic stroke, according to a large, phase III study in the New England Journal of Medicine.Five hundred patients with ischemic stroke …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 18, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Atrial Fibrillation Patients at Increased Risk for Silent Strokes (FREE)
By Larry Husten
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Patients with atrial fibrillation have more than twice the risk for silent stroke as those without AF, according to study …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 4, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Blood-Pressure Lowering After Stroke Doesn't Seem to Improve Functional Outcomes (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
Efforts to lower blood pressure following acute stroke didn't appear to improve functional outcomes in a Lancet study.Roughly 4000 patients with acute stroke and high …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - October 27, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Nonsensical Speech, Bananas for Stroke Prevention, Florida FP Opportunity (FREE)
By the Editors
NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today: …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - September 19, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cognitive Decline Associated with Increased Stroke Risk (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH
Cognitive decline is associated with an increased risk for future stroke, according to a meta-analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Previous studies have shown that stroke …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 26, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Minor Respiratory Infections Linked to Transient Increase in Stroke Risk Among Kids (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Patients may ask about a study suggesting that minor respiratory infections are associated with increased stroke risk in children. The retrospective analysis appears in Neurology.Using data from …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 21, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Growth Hormone Use in Childhood Linked to Hemorrhagic Stroke in Adulthood
By Christine Sadlowski
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Use of growth hormone in childhood is associated with increased risk for stroke — particularly hemorrhagic stroke — later in life, a Neurology study shows.Researchers analyzed stroke outcomes …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 14, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Risks Associated with Atrial Fibrillation Measured (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Two retrospective JAMA studies examine aspects of the thromboembolic risks that accompany atrial fibrillation.One study measured stroke risks after …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 13, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Large Analysis Supports Thrombolysis for Stroke (FREE)
By Larry Husten
Edited by Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
A Lancet meta-analysis offers evidence that the use of thrombolysis should be more aggressively pursued across various subgroups of patients with ischemic stroke.Researchers examined data from nine randomized trials testing alteplase …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 6, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CHD and Stroke Prevalence Higher in Blue-Collar and Service Workers (FREE)
By Cara Adler
Edited by William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke is at least 40% higher for blue-collar and service workers than …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 1, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Running News: Short Distances Count; Heat Stroke a Bigger Danger Than Arrhythmia (FREE)
By Larry Husten
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Running just 5 minutes a day can extend one's life span. For endurance runners, heat stroke may be a bigger danger than cardiac disorders. These are the lessons learned from two new studies in the Journal of the American College of …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - July 28, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Self-Measurement of Pulse Can Help Identify Atrial Fibrillation in Stroke Patients (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Measurement of the peripheral pulse by stroke patients or their relatives can help distinguish paroxysmal atrial …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - July 24, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
