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Stroke in Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Botswana: A Report of Six Cases (P4.303)
CONCLUSIONS: The risk of stroke appears to be increased in children with HIV, though further controlled studies are necessary to further investigate this. Etiologies for stroke in children with HIV includes HIV vasculopathy, HIV cardiomyopathy, and opportunistic infections. Evaluation should include head imaging with vascular imaging, MRI with MRA if possible, and CT. The utility of lumbar puncture and hypercoaguability workup in this population needs to be investigated further. Given the difficulties of monitoring anticoagulation in this setting, low dose aspirin is a reasonable first line treatment.Disclosure: Dr. Khuran...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Khurana, E., Bearden, D. Tags: NeuroAIDS Source Type: research
Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring of Surgical and Endovascular Treatment of Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformations (S55.002)
CONCLUSIONS:Persistent IONM changes had a strong correlation with new post-operative deficits. Transient IONM changes, including those resolving after alterations in surgical management or pre-embolization methohexital testing, had a much lower risk of new deficits. Therefore, IONM can be a useful tool in pediatric AVM cases, not only in predicting neurological compromise, but also in identifying when to alter management.Study Supported by:N/ADisclosure: Dr. Nguyen has nothing to disclose. Dr. Avila has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lee has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cho has nothing to disclose. Dr. Le has nothing to disclose. Dr...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Nguyen, V., Avila, S., Lee, L., Cho, S., Le, S., Lopez, J. Tags: Pediatric Stroke and Stroke in the Young Source Type: research
Stroke Education Using an Animated Cartoon and a Manga for Junior High School Students
Conclusions: Stroke education using these teaching aids of the animated cartoon and the Manga improved stroke knowledge in junior high school students.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 31, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuya Shigehatake, Chiaki Yokota, Tatsuo Amano, Yasuhiro Tomii, Yasuteru Inoue, Takaaki Hagihara, Kazunori Toyoda, Kazuo Minematsu Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The impact of STRENGTH on the expected and actual transition to home experience.
Conclusions: People with stroke described the therapy they received in both the hospital and home as beneficial. The results support the addition of the home-based inpatient program, STRENGTH, to the current rehabilitation system, as it appeared to realign the expectations of people with stroke and better prepare them for their discharge home. Implications for Rehabilitation STRENGTH aids clinicians to identify difficulties in the home environment for people with stroke. STRENGTH improves the confidence of people with stroke while they transition home. Further research is warranted for psychological interventions that prep...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - March 27, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Gustafsson LA, Hodson TJ, Fleming JM, Hoyle MF Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Recent HIV/AIDS News from NIAID and NIH
February 25, 2014: NIH Expands Focus of Research Funding Opportunity Targeting HIV Reservoirs
“The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Institute of Mental Health, both part of the National Institutes of Health, recently expanded the scientific scope of an HIV-cure related funding announcement to allow for a broader range of studies and approaches.
“Specifically, the funding opportunity 'Targeting Persistent HIV Reservoirs,' which was originally issued February 17, 2012, has been significantly expanded to allow for 'proposed basic research into the cellular an...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - February 28, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Can the Fatigue Severity Scale 7-item version be used across different patient populations as a generic fatigue measure - a comparative study using a Rasch model approach
Conclusions:
Some items performed differently between the three samples but did not bias person measures, thereby indicating that fatigue interference in these illnesses might still be reliably compared using FSS-7 scores. However, caution is warranted when comparing fatigue raw sum scores directly across diagnostic groups using the FSS-7. Further studies of the scale are needed in other types of chronic illnesses.
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sverker JohanssonAnders KottorpKathryn LeeCaryl GayAnners Lerdal Source Type: research
Brain Stimulation Aids Post-Stroke Arm Recovery
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Magnetic brain stimulation added to hand and arm rehabilitation after a stroke nearly doubled the improvement in motor control, a pilot study showed.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Significant Myxomatous Mitral Regurgitation Undergoing Exercise Echocardiography.
CONCLUSIONS: In patients with ≥III+ myxomatous MR undergoing ExEc, lower %age-gender predicted METS, lower HRR, atrial fibrillation, lower LV ejection fraction and high resting RVSP predicted worse outcomes.
PMID: 24396041 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Naji P, Griffin BP, Asfahan F, Barr TS, Rodriguez LL, Grimm R, Agarwal S, Stewart WJ, Mihaljevic T, Gillinov AM, Desai MY Tags: Circulation Source Type: research
Long-term predictive value of the Framingham Risk Score for Stroke in HIV-positive vs HIV-negative men
Conclusions:
FRS-S prediction was systematically different in HIV+ vs HIV– men with stroke events. The FRS-S underestimates the long-term risk of stroke in HIV+ men.
Source: Neurology - December 9, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Mateen, F. J., Post, W. S., Sacktor, N., Abraham, A. G., Becker, J. T., Smith, B. R., Detels, R., Martin, E., Phair, J. P., Shinohara, R. T., For the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) Investigators Tags: Viral infections, HIV, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Cohort studies, Risk factors in epidemiology ARTICLE Source Type: research
Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news
Treatment Of Panx1-Related Diseases Could Involve Food Dye
The food dye Brilliant Blue FCF (BB FCF) could be a useful tool in the development of treatments for a variety of conditions involving the membrane channel protein Pannexin 1(Panx1), according to a study in The Journal of General Physiology. Panx1, which is involved in signaling events leading to inflammation and cell death, has been implicated in such diverse diseases as Crohn's, AIDS, melanoma, epilepsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke, among others. Thus, there is a demand for the development of pharmacological tools to inhibit Panx1...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
Walking 'aids stroke recovery'
Taking a regular walk can help recovery from a stroke, according to a study.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: walking health stroke exercise Source Type: news
Gait Analysis With Cognitive-Motor Dual Tasks to Distinguish Fallers From Nonfallers Among Rehabilitating Stroke Patients
Conclusions: Examining the decrement of spatial gait characteristics (stride length and paretic and nonparetic step length) during a DT addressing working memory can identify fall-prone subacute stroke patients.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - November 26, 2012 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tina Baetens, Alexandra De Kegel, Tanneke Palmans, Kristine Oostra, Guy Vanderstraeten, Dirk Cambier Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Risk of Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage in HIV-infected Individuals: A Population-based Cohort Study
Background: We studied the association between HIV infection, antiretroviral medications, and the risk of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage.Methods: We performed a cohort and nested case control study in an administrative database. We selected all HIV-positive individuals presenting between 1985 and 2007. Each HIV-positive subject was matched with 4 HIV-negative individuals. We used a Poisson regression model to calculate rates of intracranial hemorrhage according to HIV status. We conducted a case -control study nested within the cohort of HIV-positive individuals to look at the effect of antiretroviral medications. Odd...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 3, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Madeleine Durand, Odile Sheehy, Jean-Guy Baril, Jacques LeLorier, Cécile L. Tremblay Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
