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Factors facilitating pre-hospital delays in stroke patients’ presentation to hospital by their caretakers in Uganda and suggested interventions

BMC Neurology
Background Benefit from stroke therapy for eligible stroke patients is time dependent, it is recommended to be timeously administered. The median time to hospital arrival after stroke in Africa has been documented to be around 31 h which is a stark ...
Salvatore Ssemmanda
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Stroke Care During the First and the Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Community Hospital

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may alter a stroke course; thus, we compared stroke course during subsequent pandemic waves in a stroke unit (SU) from a hospital located in a rural area.Methods: A retrospective study included
Piotr Sobolewski, Piotr Sobolewski, Wiktor Szczuchniak, Danuta Grzesiak-Witek, Danuta Grzesiak-Witek, Jacek Wilczyński, Karol Paciura, Mateusz Antecki, Tadeusz Frańczak-Prochowski, Marek Kos, Grzegorz Kozera   +10 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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Effectiveness of Thrombectomy in Stroke According to Baseline Prognostic Factors: Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting Analysis of a Population-Based Registry [PDF]

, 2021
Stroke; Thrombectomy; PrognosisIctus; Trombectomia; PronòsticIctus; Trombectomía; PronósticoBackground and purpose: In real-world practice, the benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is uncertain in stroke patients with very favorable or poor prognostic
Rodríguez, Alejandro, Ríos, José, Gomez-Choco, Manuel, Gomis, Meritxell, Terceño, Mikel, Vera, Víctor, Rudilosso, S, Serena, Joaquim, Molina Cateriano, Carlos, Cocho, Dolores   +9 more
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Five‐Year Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sphincter‐Preserving Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Prospective Study in Elderly Vietnamese Patients

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This prospective study demonstrates that laparoscopic sphincter‐preserving surgery is feasible for elderly patients. While overall survival reaches 70% at 5 years, advanced T‐stage and the omission of neoadjuvant therapy significantly drive recurrence, highlighting the need for personalized geriatric protocols despite logistical challenges.
Huu Duc Ho, Quang Le, Ngoc Thach Tran, Van Viet Ung, Loc Vu   +4 more
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and COVID-19: A series of 6 cases from Lombardy, Italy

eNeurologicalSci, 2021
Posterior reversible encephalopathy cases are increasingly being reported in patients affected by COVID-19, but the largest series so far only includes 4 patients.
Antonio Colombo, Filippo Martinelli Boneschi, Sandro Beretta, Nereo Bresolin, Maurizio Versino, Lorenzo Lorusso, Diego Spagnoli, Giulia Nastasi, Davide Vallauri, Stefania Rota, Maria Repaci, Massimo Ferrarini, Mattia Pozzato, Lucia Princiotta Cariddi, Payam Tabaee Damavandi, Federico Carimati, Paola Banfi, Alessandro Clemenzi, Margherita Marelli, Andrea Giorgianni, Gabriele Vinacci, Marco Mauri, Paola Melzi, Maria Di Stefano, Antonio Tetto, Margherita Canesi, Andrea Salmaggi   +26 more
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The Royal Blackburn Hospital, Acute Stroke Unit [PDF]

Stroke Unit ...
Ramsden, Victoria, Philip, Sheeba J.
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Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Barbara Masotto, Marta Codina, Lamia BenJemaa, Yasmina Elaribi, Mónica Martinez‐Gallo, Roger Colobran, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Irene Valenzuela, Yoshiko Murakami, Alfons Macaya   +11 more
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Reducing delay to endovascular reperfusion after relocating a thrombolysis unit

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Background and aimsFunctional outcome following mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion is time-dependent and worsens with increasing delay. Time to endovascular reperfusion is potentially modifiable
Nicolaj Grønbæk Laugesen, Klaus Hansen, Klaus Hansen, Joan Højgaard, Helle Klingenberg Iversen, Helle Klingenberg Iversen, Thomas Truelsen, Thomas Truelsen   +7 more
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European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines for the management of temperature in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

, 2015
Hyperthermia is a frequent complication in patients with acute ischemic stroke. On the other hand, therapeutically induced hypothermia has shown promising potential in animal models of focal cerebral ischemia.
European Stroke, Organisation, Thomas, Brenda, Steiner, Thorsten, European Stroke Organisation,, Petersson, Jesper,, Ntaios, George, Steiner, T., Petersson, Jesper, Staykov, D., Papavasileiou, Vasileios, Staykov, Dimitre, Papavasileiou, V., Ntaios, G., Thomas, B., Lund University., Dziedzic, Tomasz, Michel, Patrik, Dziedzic, T., Michel, P., Petersson, J.   +19 more
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