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Endovascular therapy versus medical treatment for symptomatic intracranial artery stenosis.
CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review provides moderate-quality evidence showing that ET, compared with CMT, in people with recent symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis probably does not prevent recurrent stroke and appears to carry an increased hazard. The impact of delayed ET intervention (more than three weeks after a qualifying event) is unclear and may warrant further study. PMID: 32789891 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wang T, Luo J, Wang X, Yang K, Jadhav V, Gao P, Ma Y, Zhao N, Jiao L Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease.
CONCLUSIONS: We identified no trials for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in adults, or in children who do not have HbSS SCD. Long-term red blood cell transfusions may reduce the incidence of silent cerebral infarcts in children with abnormal TCD velocities, but may have little or no effect on children with normal TCD velocities. In children who are at higher risk of stroke and have not had previous long-term transfusions, long-term red blood cell transfusions probably reduce the risk of stroke, and other SCD-related complications (acute chest syndrome and painful crises). In children and adolescents at high risk of str...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - April 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Estcourt LJ, Kimber C, Hopewell S, Trivella M, Doree C, Abboud MR Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Acupuncture for acute stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: This updated review indicates that apparently improved outcomes with acupuncture in acute stroke are confounded by the risk of bias related to use of open controls. Adverse events related to acupuncture were reported to be minor and usually did not result in stopping treatment. Future studies are needed to confirm or refute any effects of acupuncture in acute stroke. Trials should clearly report the method of randomization, concealment of allocation, and whether blinding of participants, personnel, and outcome assessors was achieved, while paying close attention to the effects of acupuncture on long-term funct...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 30, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Xu M, Li D, Zhang S Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Interventions for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in people with sickle cell disease.
CONCLUSIONS: We identified no trials for preventing silent cerebral infarcts in adults, or in children who do not have HbSS SCD.Long-term red blood cell transfusions may reduce the incidence of silent cerebral infarcts in children with abnormal TCD velocities, but may have little or no effect on children with normal TCD velocities. In children who are at higher risk of stroke and have not had previous long-term transfusions, long-term red blood cell transfusions probably reduce the risk of stroke, and other SCD-related complications (acute chest syndrome and painful crises).In children and adolescents at high risk of strok...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 13, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Estcourt LJ, Fortin PM, Hopewell S, Trivella M, Doree C, Abboud MR Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Interventions for dysarthria due to stroke and other adult-acquired, non-progressive brain injury.
CONCLUSIONS: We found no definitive, adequately powered RCTs of interventions for people with dysarthria. We found limited evidence to suggest there may be an immediate beneficial effect on impairment level measures; more, higher quality research is needed to confirm this finding.Although we evaluated five studies, the benefits and risks of interventions remain unknown and the emerging evidence justifies the need for adequately powered clinical trials into this condition.People with dysarthria after stroke or brain injury should continue to receive rehabilitation according to clinical guidelines. PMID: 28121021 [PubMe...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - January 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mitchell C, Bowen A, Tyson S, Butterfint Z, Conroy P Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Our review provides evidence of the effectiveness of SLT for people with aphasia following stroke in terms of improved functional communication, reading, writing, and expressive language compared with no therapy. There is some indication that therapy at high intensity, high dose or over a longer period may be beneficial. HIgh-intensity and high dose interventions may not be acceptable to all. PMID: 27245310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Brady MC, Kelly H, Godwin J, Enderby P, Campbell P Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research