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Reducing delays to administration of prothrombin complex concentrate in patients with vitamin K antagonist-related intracerebral haemorrhage.
Abstract BACKGROUND/AIMS: Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate is the first-line treatment in vitamin K antagonist-related intracerebral haemorrhage. Early administration is associated with improved patient outcomes. A quality improvement project investigated delays in prothrombin complex concentrate administration in vitamin K antagonist-related intracerebral haemorrhage in order to reduce the time from computed tomography scan confirming intracerebral haemorrhage to prothrombin complex concentrate administration (scan-to-needle time). METHOD: Twenty patients were identified by retrospective audit ove...
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 1, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Marrinan E, Chen L, Werring D, Turner D Tags: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Source Type: research

Visinin-like protein-1 level is associated with short-term functional outcome of acute ischemic stroke: A prospective cohort study
Stroke is a serious disease that can lead to disability and death in adults, and the prediction of functional outcome is important in the management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Blood biomarker is a promising technique, for the measurement is fast, cheap and convenient. Visinin-like protein-1 (VILIP-1) is a classic stroke biomarker, thus we tried to investigate the predictive value of VILIP-1 for early functional outcomes of AIS. A total of 70 AIS patients were enrolled in our study. Venous blood samples of all patients were taken at day 3 after admission to the stroke unit, and levels of serum VILIP-1 were analyzed by...
Source: Medicine - February 1, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research

Quantifying the Impact of Chronic Ischemic Injury on Clinical Outcomes in Acute Stroke With Machine Learning
Acute stroke is often superimposed on chronic damage from previous cerebrovascular events. This background will inevitably modulate the impact of acute injury on clinical outcomes to an extent that will depend on the precise anatomical pattern of damage. Previous attempts to quantify such modulation have employed only reductive models that ignore anatomical detail. The combination of automated image processing, large-scale data, and machine learning now enables us to quantify the impact of this with high-dimensional multivariate models sensitive to individual variations in the detailed anatomical pattern. We introduce and ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - January 23, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

What ’s the Big Deal about Data in Medtech?
Discussion, “Top 5 Things You Need to Know about the Implantable Internet of Things." Brian Chapman, partner and leader of ZS’s medtech practice of ZS, attributes today’s focus on data to the intersection of two important things: "A general recognition that understanding more and connecting actions with outcomes will provide feedback and understanding that will drive standards of care. This is not new, but as capabilities rise in data collection, aggregation, and synthesize rise, and coupled with machine learning, the promise of data in healthcare is becoming even more ...
Source: MDDI - December 20, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news

Risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
DiscussionThis review will be the first to report and summarise the risk for and incidence of PPC in adult patients with MetS undergoing surgery across a range of surgical specialities. The results have the potential to inform the development of evidenced-based interventions to improve the management of PPC in the surgical patient with MetS. Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis will inform a subsequent Delphi study on priorities and responses to PPC in patients with MetS. We will also disseminate our results through publication in scientific peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations and promotion t...
Source: Systematic Reviews - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Lateralization of Insular Ischemic Stroke is Not Associated With Any Stroke Clinical Outcomes: The Athens Stroke Registry
Background: Controversial evidence suggests that right insular stroke may be associated with worse outcomes compared to the left insular ischemic lesion. Objectives: We investigated whether lateralization of insular stroke is associated with early and late outcome in terms of in-hospital complications, stroke recurrence, cardiovascular events, and death. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from the Athens Stroke Registry. Insular cortex involvement was identified based on brain CT scans or MRI images.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 2, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Sophia Vassilopoulou, Eleni Korompoki, Argyro Tountopoulou, Dimos D. Mitsikostas, Efstathios Manios, Georgios Georgiopoulos, George Ntaios, Haralampos Milionis, Sophia Fontara, Konstantinos Vemmos Source Type: research

A primer in interpretation of head CT scans.
This article provides physicians with a structure for reading a CT head scan, to help identify key findings that may warrant further specialist neurosurgical or stroke team referral. PMID: 31707886 [PubMed - in process]
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - November 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kular S, Martin A Tags: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Source Type: research

12 Innovations That Will Change Health Care and Medicine in the 2020s
Pocket-size ultrasound devices that cost 50 times less than the machines in hospitals (and connect to your phone). Virtual reality that speeds healing in rehab. Artificial intelligence that’s better than medical experts at spotting lung tumors. These are just some of the innovations now transforming medicine at a remarkable pace. No one can predict the future, but it can at least be glimpsed in the dozen inventions and concepts below. Like the people behind them, they stand at the vanguard of health care. Neither exhaustive nor exclusive, the list is, rather, representative of the recasting of public health and medic...
Source: TIME: Health - October 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized HealthSummit19 technology Source Type: news

Viz.ai Raises $50M in Series B round
Viz.ai’s 2019 has been marked with strong adoption of its artificial intelligence software and securing a distribution agreement with one of medtech’s biggest players. The Tel Aviv, Israel and San Francisco-based company’s latest accomplishment is raising $50 million in a series B round. The financing was led by Greenoaks with participation from Threshold Ventures, CRV along with existing investors GV and Kleiner Perkins. “This [financing] allows us to get to the next stage,” Dr. Chris Mansi, neurosurgeon, co-founder, and CEO, told MD...
Source: MDDI - October 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Business Source Type: news

Dog Ownership Linked To 24% Lower Risk Of Dying Early, Research Shows
(CNN) — Need an excellent reason to add a dog to your life? How about living longer? “Our analysis found having a dog is actually protective against dying of any cause,” said Mount Sinai endocrinologist Dr. Caroline Kramer, lead author of a new systematic review of nearly 70 years of global research published Tuesday in “Circulation,” a journal of the American Heart Association. The review of the health benefits of man’s best friend analyzed research involving nearly 4 million people in the United States, Canada, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. “Dog owne...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Featured Health News Offbeat Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Dogs Source Type: news

U of C research calls for urgent MRIs for patients considered low risk for stroke
A new study, led by doctors at the University of Calgary,  shows urgent MRI scans are key in diagnosing patients considered low risk for minor strokes and the findings are changing how Calgary hospitals deal with those patients.
Source: CBC | Health - September 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

Dural Sinus Thrombosis with Nonsymptomatic Persistent Falcine Sinus: A Case Report
A 24-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital after convulsive status epilepticus. A cerebral magnetic resonance venography revealed a persistent fetal falcine sinus. Additionally, the posterior third of the superior sagittal sinus was hypoplastic and the abnormal deep venous drainage was accompanied. These abnormalities had already been detected by magnetic resonance imaging several years ago. In the present scan, we discovered a sinus thrombosis in the hypoplastic superior sagittal sinus. In the cerebral angiography, we observed delayed venous return in the left parieto-occipital lobe and hypothesized that cerebral ve...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Ayako Shioya, Ryota Mashiko, Masanari Shiigai, Yasunobu Nakai, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Irie, Akira Tamaoka Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Hysterectomy for men – Richard ’ s story
My wife (now 65) has had a number of minor medical problems, both mental and physical, especially after reaching 40, and when she started having panic attacks, for which no-one could provide a positive reason or cure, she finally resorted to drugs, such as sertraline, much against her natural inclination. A known side-effect of this is increased weight.  My wife has never been really overweight, but, in common with so many women, is very sensitive about the subject (perhaps more so because I CANNOT put on weight!), so when she started to increase in girth, I was reluctant to mention it, for fear of upsetting her even more...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 3, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories ovarian cyst Source Type: news