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Antioxidant status in acute stroke patients and patients at stroke risk [PDF]

, 2004
Background and Purpose: Antioxidant enzymes like copper/ zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and gluthatione peroxidase (GSHPx) are part of intracellular protection mechanisms to overcome oxidative stress and are known to be activated in vascular ...
Haberl, R. L., Roskos, M., Streck, S., Winnefeld, K., Zimmermann, C.   +4 more
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To Tube or Not to Tube? The Role of Intubation during Stroke Thrombectomy. [PDF]

, 2014
In the 10 years since the FDA first cleared the use of endovascular devices for the treatment of acute stroke, definitive evidence that such therapy improves outcomes remains lacking.
Hinman, Jason D, Liang, Conrad W, Liebeskind, David S, Takahashi, Courtney   +3 more
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A double-blinded randomised controlled trial exploring the effect of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation and uni-lateral robot therapy for the impaired upper limb in sub-acute and chronic stroke [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND:Neurorehabilitation technologies such as robot therapy (RT) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can promote upper limb (UL) motor recovery after stroke.
A. Hughes, Aprile, Basteris, Bolognini, Brunoni, Connelly, Dimyan, Dobkin, Duncan, Eriksson, Folstein, Fritsch, Fugl-Meyer, G. Verheyden, Gladstone, Hesse, Hesse, Hesse, Housman, Hummel, J. Rothwell, J.H. Burridge, Khedr, Kim, Klamroth-Marganska, Klem, Krakauer, Kwakkel, Kwakkel, L. Tedesco Triccas, Langhorne, Lee, Levin, Liebetanz, Lindenberg, Lo, Lum, Lyle, M. Desikan, Mehrholz, Nair, Nitsche, Nitsche, Nudo, O’Dell, Page, Platz, Prange, Saghaei, Stagg, Tanaka, Toni, Uswatte, Viana, Vines, Wagner, Wagner, Wu, Ziemann   +58 more
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Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke during Sleep in Apneic Patients. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The literature indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increases the risk of ischemic stroke. However, the causal relationship between OSA and ischemic stroke is not well established.
Im, Kyoung Bin, Kim, Jin Soo, Kim, Seongheon, Lee, Hee Young, Lee, Seo Young, Lee, Seung Hwan   +5 more
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A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Nonthrombotic Embolic Stroke of Tissue Origin

Stroke Research and Treatment, 2018
Introduction. Various bodily tissues have been reported to enter the arterial circulation and embolize to the brain resulting in ischemic stroke.
Sarah Mello, Ciaran Judge, Roisin Kelly, David Bradley, Joseph Harbison   +4 more
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Ankle contracture in people with acquired brain injury (ABI), intervention, and outcome following inpatient neurorehabilitation categorized by severity

The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Background:. Acquired brain injury frequently causes difficulty with moving and walking, which if not actively managed, can lead to secondary contracture and deformity. Intervention to manage ankle contracture may include conservative methods (eg, serial
Stephen Ashford, PhD, MSc, BSc, Charlotte Elsmore, BSc, Aideen Steed, BSc, Alexia Diggins, BSc, Alice Walden-Smith, BSc, Heather Williams, MSc   +5 more
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Factors associated with admission to bed-based care: observational prospective cohort study in a multidisciplinary same day emergency care unit (SDEC)

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background The development of ambulatory emergency care services, now called ‘Same Day Emergency Care’ (SDEC) has been advocated to provide sustainable high quality healthcare in an ageing population.
Tania C. N. Elias, Jordan Bowen, Royah Hassanzadeh, Daniel S. Lasserson, Sarah T. Pendlebury   +4 more
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No space Left for Intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke [PDF]

, 2016
Recent successful clinical trials of endovascular thrombectomy for large artery ischaemic stroke have established the value of this treatment modality as an adjunct to intravenous thrombolysis, not as an alternative: thrombectomy delivery was undertaken ...
Muir, Keith
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Bolus-Infusion Delays of Alteplase during Thrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Functional Outcome at 3 Months

Stroke Research and Treatment, 2014
Background. The efficacy of alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is highly time dependent. Hence, alteplase is administered as soon as possible with a bolus followed by an infusion.
Paul Acheampong, Margaret T. May, Gary A. Ford, Anand K. Dixit   +3 more
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A Comparison of T Relaxation-Based MRI Stroke Timing Methods in Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study

Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 2020
Background: T 2 relaxation-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals may provide onset time for acute ischemic strokes with an unknown onset. The ability of visual and quantitative MRI-based methods in a cohort of hyperacute ischemic stroke patients
Bryony L McGarry, Robin A Damion, Isabel Chew, Michael J Knight, George WJ Harston, Davide Carone, Peter Jezzard, Amith Sitaram, Keith W Muir, Philip Clatworthy, Risto A Kauppinen   +10 more
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