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Increased Risk of Stroke in Patients With Fibromyalgia: A Population-BASED Cohort Study
Abstract: Neuropsychiatric diseases might enhance stroke development, possibly through inflammation and atherosclerosis. Approximately 25% to 40% of patients with stroke, largely younger patients, are not associated with any conventional stroke risk factors. In this research, we explored whether fibromyalgia (FM), a neuropsychosomatic disorder, increases stroke risk.
From a claims dataset with one million enrollees sourced of the Taiwan National Health Insurance database, we selected 47,279 patients with FM and randomly selected 189,112 age- and sex-matched controls within a 3-year period from January 1, 2000 to December ...
Source: Medicine - February 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Effect of statin use on clinical outcomes in ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation
The objective of this study was to clarify whether statin therapy can influence the prognosis in recent ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation.
We identified ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation between 2001 and 2011 from Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. Patients not treated with statins during the first 90 days after the index stroke were matched to patients treated with statins in the first 90 days in a 2:1 ratio on the basis of age, sex, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, estimated National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, use of anticoagulant, an...
Source: Medicine - February 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Incidence of constipation in stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract: There is growing awareness of a link between the gut and cardiovascular disease. Constipation is common among individuals who have had a stroke, and it negatively affects social functioning and quality of life. However, no systematic study on the incidence of constipation in stroke patients has been reported.
We selected studies included in Medline, Embase, Cochrane database, and Web of Science. Studies were included if they reported the incidence in stroke patients. Two authors selected the studies, extracted the data independently, and assessed these. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to the stroke su...
Source: Medicine - June 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Source Type: research
Association of apolipoprotein E genotype with outcome in hospitalized ischemic stroke patients
Abstract
The aim of this study was to study the ability of the genotype to predict impairment and disability in hospitalized ischemic stroke (IS) patients after hospital discharge and 6 months after the onset of stroke symptoms.
A total of 786 patients with a first IS were enrolled. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism was examined using polymerase chain reaction. Stroke subtype was classified using the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification scheme and the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment criteria. Impairment as assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and disabilit...
Source: Medicine - December 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Higher stroke incidence in the patients with pancreatic cancer: A nation-based cohort study in Taiwan
No study has investigated the role of pancreatic cancer in the stroke risk using population data. We used claims data obtained from a universal health insurance program of Taiwan to evaluate the stroke risk in pancreatic cancer patients.
From the catastrophic disease registry of the insurance, we identified 7479 patients with pancreatic malignancy without stroke history from 2000 to 2009. The comparison cohort consisted of 29,916 individuals identified from 1 million insured people without cancer and stroke history, matching with the cancer cohort by propensity score. We followed each selected individual until stroke was ...
Source: Medicine - March 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Change in radial artery pulse wave in stroke hemiplegic patients: Protocol for a case-control study
Conclusion:
This will be the first study to analyze the pulse wave of the radial artery (PWRA) on the affected side and on the normal side in stroke patients with hemiplegia. This study will clarify whether the radial artery pressure pulse wave can be used to evaluate the result of stroke treatment objectively. The results of the study will be available in February 2019. The version of the protocol is v1.6 written in March 7, 2016.
Ethics and dissemination:
Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants. This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Wonkwang University Gwangj...
Source: Medicine - March 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Clinical Trial Source Type: research
The effect and biomechanical mechanisms of intradermal needle for post-stroke hemiplegia recovery: Study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial
This study attempts to investigate the biomechanical effects of intradermal needle for post-stroke hemiplegia recovery.
This proposed study is a single-centered, prospective, single-blinded (patient-assessor-blinded), randomized clinical pilot trial involving 40 patients with post-stroke hemiplegia. Patients will be randomized to an experimental group or control group in a 1:1 ratio. All of them will receive conventional rehabilitation therapies. Patients in the experimental group will be treated with intradermal needle, whereas patients in the control group will receive sham intradermal needle. The primary outcome measur...
Source: Medicine - April 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Clinical Trial Source Type: research
Difference in gait recovery rate of hemiparetic stroke patients according to paralyzed side: A cross-sectional study based on a retrospective chart review
This study set out to confirm whether side-dependent gait rehabilitation could be used to treat hemiparetic stroke patients. Gait was selected for analysis, as it is the most important factor in returning stroke patients to daily life.
This study conducted a retrospective chart review of stroke patients who satisfied the following criteria: outpatient or inpatient at the Wonkwang University Korean Medicine Hospital in Gwangju (WKUGH) with hemiparesis due to stroke; aged between 19 and 85 years old; with a stroke onset within the past 6 months; having undergone gait analysis (GAITRite) more than twice between September 1, ...
Source: Medicine - November 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
The correlation between recurrent risk and CYP2C19 gene polymorphisms in patients with ischemic stroke treated with clopidogrel for prevention
Conclusion:
For patients with IS treated with clopidogrel regularly for secondary prevention, poor metabolizer, and intermediate metabolizer patients had higher risk of recurrent stroke comparing with extensive metabolize ones. Carrying CYP2C19 LOF allele is an independent risk factor of stroke recurrence in patients with IS.
Source: Medicine - March 1, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Trial/Experimental Study Source Type: research
Clinical efficacy and imaging evaluation of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator thrombolytic therapy in patients with wake up stroke: A randomized controlled trial
This study will be a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial with 2 parallel groups. It will be conducted at North China University of science and technology affiliated hospital.
Discussion:
There is no consistent conclusion about the pathogenesis of wake up stroke. Wake up stroke is more likely to manifest as small vessel disease. The incidence of wake up stroke patients is relatively high, and the effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis under the guidance of multimode imaging therapy in wake up stroke need to be further explored by prospective, large-scale studies.
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Source: Medicine - September 4, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Clinical Trial Source Type: research
Gliflozins for the prevention of stroke in diabetes and cardiorenal diseases: A meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials
Conclusions:
Gliflozins, especially canagliflozin and sotagliflozin, should be recommended in T2D patients with CKD to prevent stroke. Most gliflozins lower the risk of MACE in T2D patients regardless of HF status and ASCVD status, whereas ertugliflozin is not observed to lower that risk.
Source: Medicine - October 1, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Source Type: research
Risk factors for stroke in a population of central China: A cross-sectional study
This study sought to investigate and analyze the distribution of stroke population and the main risk factors for stroke occurrence in a Chinese population, and to predict the probability of stroke occurrence in high-risk groups with risk factors, so as to provide a scientific basis for the comprehensive prevention and treatment of stroke. A whole-group sampling method was used to investigate 1009 participants in Jingzhou city in central China, and a uniform questionnaire survey and related medical examinations were conducted. The risk factors for stroke in the area were analyzed by univariate analysis, and a multifactorial...
Source: Medicine - November 18, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Statin Withdrawal Beyond Acute Phase Affected Outcome of Thrombolytic Stroke Patients: An Observational Retrospective Study
Abstract: Statin withdrawal is associated with deleterious outcome on stroke patients. Whether risk changes over time, depends on concomitant treatment of intravenous thrombolysis, or both remains to be clarified. We assessed the influence of statin withdrawal within 3 weeks while initiated in acute phase (72 hours) among patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis.
This was a monocentered retrospective observational study enrolling intravenous thrombolytic stroke patients from June 2009 to May 2014. Consecutive patients were distinguished into 3 groups according to the initiation and withdrawal of statin: the reference gr...
Source: Medicine - May 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Sitagliptin After Ischemic Stroke in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Abstract: The cerebrovascular safety and efficacy of sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with ischemic stroke remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin in patients with T2DM with recent ischemic stroke.
We analyzed data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database between March 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011. Ischemic stroke patients were identified from individuals with T2DM. Patients who received sitagliptin were compared with those who did not to evaluate the cardiovascular safety and efficacy...
Source: Medicine - July 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
Association Between Kidney Stones and Risk of Stroke: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
This study explored whether patients with renal stones were at a higher stroke risk than those without renal stones. A national insurance claim dataset of 22 million enrollees in Taiwan was used to identify 53,659 patients with renal stones, and 214,107 were selected as age-, sex-, and comorbidity-matched controls for a 13-year follow-up.
The relative stroke risk for the RS cohort was 1.06-fold higher than that for the non-RS group (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.01–1.11). Age-specific analysis revealed that the adjusted stroke risk for the RS cohort increased as age decreased, with the highest risk of 1.47-fold (...
Source: Medicine - February 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research
