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Preventable Readmissions Within 30 Days of Ischemic Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— On the basis of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Prevention Quality Indicators, we found that a small proportion of readmissions after ischemic stroke were classified as preventable. Although other causes of readmissions not reflected in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality measures could also be avoidable, hospital-level programs intended to reduce all-cause readmissions and costs should target high-risk patients.
Source: Stroke - November 25, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Lichtman, J. H., Leifheit-Limson, E. C., Jones, S. B., Wang, Y., Goldstein, L. B. Tags: Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Let's Encourage Congress to Improve Stroke Care FAST
She thought she was choking. It was June of her first year as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Joyce Beatty had just returned to her office following a luncheon when she felt her throat shut down. She couldn't swallow, couldn't talk. Couldn't cry for help. As she reached for water, her left side went numb. She collapsed. Someone called 911, thinking it was a heart attack. It was a stroke. Specifically, a brain stem stroke. The brain stem is a precarious spot -- a half-inch wide area that controls basic activities like consciousness, blood pressure and breathing. A stroke there could harm any of those functio...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Association between Incident Cancer and Subsequent Stroke
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Source: Annals of Neurology - December 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Babak B. Navi, Anne S. Reiner, Hooman Kamel, Costantino Iadecola, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Katherine S. Panageas, Lisa M. DeAngelis Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Associations between hematopoietic growth factors and risks of venous thromboembolism, stroke, ischemic heart disease and myelodysplastic syndrome: findings from a large population-based cohort of women with breast cancer
Conclusions Receipts of CSFs and ESAs were significantly associated with an increased risk of VTE in women with breast cancer. Use of ESAs was significantly associated with substantially increased risks of MDS. These findings support those of previous studies.
Source: Cancer Causes and Control - April 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

'Not enough over-50s' taking aspirin to prevent heart disease
Conclusion This study doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know. Aspirin has been used for many years to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease. Aspirin's wider use is controversial, because of the potential side effects. What this study does add is an estimate of what might happen if all people in the US who were advised to take aspirin under US guidelines, actually did so. (The researchers say that 40% of men and 10% of women advised to take aspirin don't take it). The study assumes that people would get the same benefits as those seen in clinical trials of aspirin. This is u...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medication Older people Source Type: news

Cardiovascular toxicity after antiangiogenic therapy in persons older than 65 years with advanced renal cell carcinoma
CONCLUSIONSSunitinib and sorafenib might be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and particularly stroke. Cancer 2015. © 2015 American Cancer Society.
Source: Cancer - October 6, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sekwon Jang, Chaoyi Zheng, Huei‐Ting Tsai, Alex Z. Fu, Ana Barac, Michael B. Atkins, Andrew N. Freedman, Lori Minasian, Arnold L. Potosky Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Nitrogen Dioxide and Risk of Heart Failure: A Cohort Study
Conclusions: Long-term exposure to NO2 and road traffic noise was associated with higher risk of heart failure, mainly among men, in both single- and two-pollutant models. High exposure to both pollutants was associated with highest risk. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1272 Received: 25 October 2016 Revised: 09 August 2017 Accepted: 09 August 2017 Published: 26 September 2017 Address correspondence to M. Sørensen. Diet, Genes and Environment, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Telephone: +45 35257626. Email: mettes@cancer.dk Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/1...
Source: EHP Research - September 26, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mortality and Vascular Events Among Elderly Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML): A Retrospective Analysis of Linked Seer-Medicare Data
Conclusions Elderly CML patients had higher mortality and higher rates of MI, stroke, PE and PAD than non-cancer patients. Event rates were not elevated among TKI-treated (primary imatinib) patients, suggesting that VE risk in these CML patients was driven primarily by underlying factors associated with CML. Teaser TKI treatment of CML may be associated with vascular events (VE). We examined event rates and mortality among elderly CML and non-cancer patients using linked cancer registry and Medicare claims data, 2003-2010. CML patients had higher mortality and VE rates. Rates were not elevated among TKI (primarily imatinib...
Source: Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia - February 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Mortality and Vascular Events Among Elderly Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Retrospective Analysis of Linked SEER-Medicare Data
Conclusion Elderly patients with CML had greater mortality and greater rates of MI, stroke, PE, and PAD than did noncancer patients. The event rates were not elevated among the TKI-treated (primary imatinib) patients, suggesting that the VE risk in these patients with CML was driven primarily by the underlying factors associated with CML. Micro-Abstract Tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can be associated with vascular events (VEs). We examined the event rates and mortality among elderly patients with and without CML using linked cancer registry and Medicare claims data from 2003 t...
Source: Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia - March 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Baseline Characteristics and Readmissions after Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Nationally Representative Database
Conclusions: We provide baseline characteristics and readmission rates after CVST over a 1-year period. In-hospital mortality rate and association with pregnancy were lower than previously observed.Cerebrovasc Dis 2018;46:249 –256
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 2, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Among Adults With Cancer and Atrial Fibrillation
CONCLUSIONS: Older adults with cancer and atrial fibrillation exposed to DOACs had similar risks of stroke and systemic embolism and major bleeding as those exposed to warfarin. Relative to warfarin, DOAC use was associated with a similar risk of cardiovascular death and a lower risk of all-cause death.PMID:36453260 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.008951
Source: Cancer Control - December 1, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hemalkumar B Mehta Huijun An Shirin Ardeshirrouhanifard Mukaila A Raji G Caleb Alexander Jodi B Segal Source Type: research

Validating Reports of Chronic Conditions in the Medicare CAHPS Survey
Conclusions: Despite difference in timeframes and definitions of conditions, the measured sensitivities demonstrated reasonable validity. Variation in sensitivity is consistent with covariates that either directly measure health severity within a diagnosis or can be construed as a proxy for severity of illness.
Source: Medical Care - September 14, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Use of oral anticoagulants among individuals with cancer and atrial fibrillation in the united states, 2010 ‐2016
ConclusionsNearly 7 out of 10 patients with cancer and NVAF did not receive anticoagulation. Use of DOACs increased from 2010 to 2016, with a corresponding decline in warfarin use. DOACs are used less than warfarin among those at higher risk of stroke.
Source: Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy - April 3, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Shirin Ardeshirrouhanifard, Huijun An, Ravi K. Goyal, Mukaila A. Raji, Jodi B. Segal, G. Caleb Alexander, Hemalkumar B. Mehta Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Use of oral anticoagulants among individuals with cancer and atrial fibrillation in the United States, 2010 –2016
ConclusionsNearly 7 out of 10 patients with cancer and NVAF did not receive anticoagulation. Use of DOACs increased from 2010 to 2016, with a corresponding decline in warfarin use. DOACs are used less than warfarin among those at higher risk of stroke.
Source: Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy - May 6, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Shirin Ardeshirrouhanifard, Huijun An, Ravi K. Goyal, Mukaila A. Raji, Jodi B. Segal, G. Caleb Alexander, Hemalkumar B. Mehta Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Signal detection of adverse events associated with gabapentinoid use for chronic pain
CONCLUSIONS: Our study identified expected and unexpected ADE signals in GABA users. Neurological signals likely related to indications for GABA use. Signals for immunity, mental/behavior, and skin disorders were found in the FDA adverse event reporting system database. Unexpected signals of stroke and cancer require further confirmatory analyses to verify.PMID:37640024 | DOI:10.1002/pds.5685
Source: Cancer Control - August 28, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yong-Fang Kuo Efstathia Polychronopoulou Mukaila A Raji Source Type: research