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Age- and Sex-Associated Impacts of Body Mass Index on Stroke Type Risk: A 27-Year Prospective Cohort Study in a Low-Income Population in China
Conclusions Being overweight increased the risk of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes; obesity was only associated with an increased risk of IS. Additionally, the positive association between BMI and stroke risk was only observed in participants aged <65 years and the associations differed between men and women. Being overweight increased the risk of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in men and being underweight increased their risk of hemorrhagic stroke. In women, being overweight increased the hemorrhagic stroke risk, whereas obesity increased their IS risks. The high prevalence of hypertension and elevat...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 30, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Utility of Brain MRI in Infective Endocarditis (S46.004)
CONCLUSIONS: In hospitalized patients with IE, ICH was associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes. However, in patients undergoing valve surgery, microbleeds on MRI were not associated with development of postoperative ICH. Preoperative brain MRI may result in a delay to surgery and did not have an impact on outcome. Thus, the clinical utility of brain MRI in patients with IE remains uncertain.Disclosure: Dr. Chakraborty has nothing to disclose. Dr. Scharf has nothing to disclose. Dr. DeSimone has nothing to disclose. Dr. Abdelghani has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rabinstein has received royalty payments from Elsevier and ...
Source: Neurology - February 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Chakraborty, T., Scharf, E., DeSimone, D., Abdelghani, E.-R., Rabinstein, A., Wijdicks, E., Baddour, L., Fugate, J. Tags: Critical Care Source Type: research