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Perioperative covert stroke in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (NeuroVISION): a prospective cohort study
Publication date: Available online 15 August 2019Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Marko Mrkobrada, Matthew T.V. Chan, David Cowan, Douglas Campbell, Chew Yin Wang, David Torres, German Malaga, Robert D. Sanders, Manas Sharma, Carl Brown, Alben Sigamani, Wojciech Szczeklik, Mukul Sharma, Gordon Guyatt, Eric E. Smith, Ronit Agid, Adam A. Dmytriw, Jessica Spence, Nikesh R. Adunuri, Flavia K. BorgesSummaryBackgroundIn non-surgical settings, covert stroke is more common than overt stroke and is associated with cognitive decline. Although overt stroke occurs in less than 1% of adults after non-cardiac surgery and is associated with ...
Source: The Lancet - August 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Publication date: Available online 10 January 2019Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Andrew Reynolds, Jim Mann, John Cummings, Nicola Winter, Evelyn Mete, Lisa Te MorengaSummaryBackgroundPrevious systematic reviews and meta-analyses explaining the relationship between carbohydrate quality and health have usually examined a single marker and a limited number of clinical outcomes. We aimed to more precisely quantify the predictive potential of several markers, to determine which markers are most useful, and to establish an evidence base for quantitative recommendations for intakes of dietary fibre.MethodsWe did a series of systema...
Source: The Lancet - January 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Publication date: 10–16 November 2018Source: The Lancet, Volume 392, Issue 10159Author(s): Gregory A Roth, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Solomon M Abay, Cristiana Abbafati, Nooshin Abbasi, Hedayat Abbastabar, Foad Abd-Allah, Jemal Abdela, Ahmed Abdelalim, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Haftom Temesgen Abebe, Molla Abebe, Zegeye Abebe, Ayenew Negesse Abejie, Semaw F Abera, Olifan Zewdie Abil, Haftom Niguse Abraha, Aklilu Roba AbrhamSummaryBackgroundGlobal development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden ...
Source: The Lancet - November 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study
Publication date: 30 June–6 July 2018Source: The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10140Author(s): Duminda N Wijeysundera, Rupert M Pearse, Mark A Shulman, Tom E F Abbott, Elizabeth Torres, Althea Ambosta, Bernard L Croal, John T Granton, Kevin E Thorpe, Michael P W Grocott, Catherine Farrington, Paul S Myles, Brian H Cuthbertson, Sophie Wallace, Bruce Thompson, Mathew Ellis, Brigette Borg, Ross K Kerridge, Jeanene Douglas, John BrannanSummaryBackgroundFunctional capacity is an important component of risk assessment for major surgery. Doctors' clinical subjective assessment of patients' functional capacity has uncertain accuracy...
Source: The Lancet - July 10, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Family-led rehabilitation after stroke in India (ATTEND): a randomised controlled trial
Publication date: Available online 27 June 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): The ATTEND Collaborative GroupR ILindleyC SAndersonLBillotAForsterM LHackettL AHarveySJanQLiHLiuPLanghorneP KMaulikG V SMurthyM FWalkerJ DPandianMAlimCFelixASyrigapuD KTugnawatS JVermaB RShamannaGHankeyJBernhardtM MMehndirattaLJeyaseelanPDonnellyDByrneSSteleyVSanthoshSChilappagariJMysoreJRoyM VPadmaLJohnSAaronN CBorahPVijayaSKaulDKhuranaP NSylajaD SHalprashanthB KMadhusudhanVNambiarSSureshbabuM CKhannaG SNarangDChakrabortyS SChakrabortyBBiswasSKauraHKoundalPSinghAAndriasD SThambuIRamyaJGeorgeA TPrabhakarPKirubakaranPAnbalaganMGhoseKBordoloiPGohai...
Source: The Lancet - June 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research