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In-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke in patients with COVID-19: two different diseases?
ConclusionsPatients with stroke and COVID-19 had higher mortality compared to patients without COVID-19. Among patients with COVID-19 those with out-of-hospital stroke had better outcome and fewer blood test abnormalities compared to patients with in-hospital stroke.
Source: Neurological Sciences - January 22, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke knowledge in Italy
This study surveyed public knowledge of risk factors, warning signs, and proper reactions to stroke among Italian adults. A population-based telephone survey was carried out in a sample of 1,000 residents aged ≥18 years in May–June 2010. The questionnaire included close-ended questions focused on stroke symptoms, risk factors, and treatment options. We examined the prevalence and distribution of stroke knowledge in the community and generated multivariable logistic regression models. Among the 1,000 participants (481 men, mean age 48.8 ± 17.2), only the 55.8 % correctly identified the brain as the affected organ i...
Source: Neurological Sciences - October 4, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Lacune is the stroke subtype linked to obstructive sleep apnea
ConclusionSmall artery disease is the most common stroke subtype associated with obstructive sleep apnea. Clinicians must vigilantly assess the presence of obstructive sleep apnea in ischemic stroke patients, especially in patients whose stroke is attributed to small artery disease.
Source: Neurological Sciences - May 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The stroke mothership model survived during COVID-19 era: an observational single-center study in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ConclusionDuring COVID-19 pandemic, TIA and minor stroke consistently reduced compared to the same timeframe in 2019. Longer stroke-to-call and door-to-scan times, attributable to change in citizen behavior and screening at hospital arrival, did not impact on stroke-to-treatment time. Mothership model might have minimized the effects of the pandemic on the stroke care organization.
Source: Neurological Sciences - October 8, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Prevalence and the age of onset patterns of stroke in Jiangsu Province, China
ConclusionsThe findings emphasize the importance of implementing stroke prevention interventions in Jiangsu Province, China, especially for urban, smoking, and drinking males. It is of great significance to strengthen comprehensive management of health-related behaviors, including smoking cessation and moderate consumption of alcohol to have sustained beneficial effects on stroke risk.Chenlu He and Qian Chen contributed equally to this work.
Source: Neurological Sciences - October 3, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Association of ACE gene I/D polymorphism and ACE levels with hemorrhagic stroke: comparison with ischemic stroke
Abstract In the present study, we investigated the association of insertion/deletion polymorphism of ACE gene with genetic predisposition to hemorrhagic stroke and also determined the mean ACE activity levels in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients. Two hundred hemorrhagic stroke, 200 ischemic stroke patients and 200 gender and age matched controls were recruited for the study. We found statistically significant difference in the genotypic distribution between hemorrhagic patients and controls for dominant, co-dominant and recessive models. Significant difference was observed in the allelic frequencies betwee...
Source: Neurological Sciences - January 1, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Peripheral and central smell regions in patients with stroke: an MRI evaluation
ConclusionBoth central and peripheral odor pathways were affected, and left OB in the peripheral odor pathways was even more affected in case of longer duration of the stroke. Changes in central and peripheral olfactory pathways in patients with stroke may not be aimed at neuroplasticity and repair, but rather may be a reflection of inflammation and degenerative changes in stroke.
Source: Neurological Sciences - February 19, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The Italian stroke-app: ICTUS3R
Abstract Any strategy to reduce stroke burden involves crucial inputs from individuals (risk reduction, rapid recognition and response to symptoms onset) which imply a certain level of stroke knowledge. Health-related applications (apps) have been identified as a novel platform for dissemination of health information to the public. Only few apps about stroke are currently available with scientifically valid information, none of them are available in Italian. We developed the first and only Italian stroke app, ICTUS3R. We also pilot tested ICTUS3R in terms of its usage during the first 12 months following release ...
Source: Neurological Sciences - February 20, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Hub-and-spoke stroke network in the Veneto region: a retrospective study investigating the effectiveness of the stroke pathway and trends over time
AbstractAfter recognizing the pivotal role played by stroke unit (SU) admission in reducing mortality and dependency in stroke patients, the need to organize and monitor stroke networks has become an increasingly essential aspect of stroke care. We conducted a retrospective study of stroke patients admitted to hospitals in the Veneto region from 2007 to 2015 in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the stroke pathway and trends over time. Between 2007 and 2015, 61,062 stroke patients were discharged from Veneto hospitals: they were more frequently female, females were older than males, and had higher intrahospital mortali...
Source: Neurological Sciences - September 13, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Factors influencing pre-stroke and post-stroke quality of life among stroke survivors in a lower middle-income country
This study was done to describe pre- and post-stroke QOLs of stroke survivors. A prospective longitudinal study was done among stroke survivors admitted to 13 hospitals in the western province of Sri Lanka. The calculated sample size was 260. T he pre-stroke and post-discharge one-month QOL was gathered using short form-36 (SF-36) QOL tool. SF-36 includes questions on eight domains: general health, physical functioning, pain, role limitation due to physical problems, social functioning, vitality, role limitations due to emotional problems, and mental health. Univariate analysis was followed by determining the independent r...
Source: Neurological Sciences - November 4, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The Dutch Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-NL): psychometric properties in Flemish stroke survivors
ConclusionsOur results suggest that the OCS-NL is a reliable cognitive screen that can be used in acute stroke and rehabilitation units. The OCS-NL may be more sensitive to detect cognitive impairment in young stroke patients and less likely to underestimate cognitive abilities in left-hemispheric stroke patients than the MoCA.
Source: Neurological Sciences - August 16, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke prevention and therapy awareness in a large sample of high school students: results of an educational campaign in the Northern-Western Italy
Discussion and conclusionWe demonstrated that our educational campaign obtained an important improvement of stroke awareness in our sample. Girl students, Lyceum students, and less young students attained significant better knowledge improvement. We hope that the enhanced awareness might induce a more frequent diffusion of prevention strategies, an increased capacity of recognizing onset stroke symptoms with shortening of patients ’ presentation in the emergency room of the hospitals when they can undergo reperfusion treatments.
Source: Neurological Sciences - September 10, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Relation between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A 2 mass and incident ischemic stroke severity
ConclusionLp-PLA2 was independently related to admission severity in ischemic stroke patients, implying a potential predictive value of Lp-PLA2 for severe stroke in prevention.
Source: Neurological Sciences - June 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke during sleep and obstructive sleep apnea: there is a link
ConclusionOSA is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke during sleep. Health care providers must be vigilant in inquiring about symptoms suggestive of OSA in every ischemic stroke patient, especially the patient whose stroke occurred during sleep.
Source: Neurological Sciences - February 13, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Interhemispheric asymmetry of the motor cortex excitability in stroke: relationship with sensory-motor impairment and injury chronicity
ConclusionStroke patients showed higher interhemispheric asymmetry of the motor cortex excitability when compared to healthy, and the magnitude of this asymmetry seems to be correlated with the severity of sensory-motor impairment, but not with stroke chronicity.SignificanceHigher interhemispheric asymmetry was found in stroke patients with greatest sensory-motor impairment.
Source: Neurological Sciences - April 6, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research