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When it matters that a ‘Stroke’ is not a stroke [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2015
An 81-year-old right-handed woman developed right-sided headache, focal motor seizures and left hemiparesis 10 days postendarterectomy for 80% stenosis of the right internal carotid artery. She was admitted to a local hospital. Her background history included newly diagnosed lung cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, chronic obstructive airways ...
Tarig Mohammed, Abkur, John, Boucher, Martin, O'Donnell, Thomas, Monaghan   +3 more
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Safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients receiving antiplatelet therapy at stroke onset [PDF]

, 2010
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Antiplatelets (APs) may increase the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) following intravenous thrombolysis after ischemic stroke.</p> <p><b>Methods:</b> We ...
Wahlgren, N., Luijckx, G-J, Sykora, M., Wahlgren, N,, Diedler, J., Diedler, Jennifer, Overgaard, Karsten, Overgaard, K., Diedler, J, Ringleb, Peter, Uyttenboogaart, M., Ford, G.A., Soinne, Lauri, Overgaard, K, Lees, K.R., Lees, KR, Sykora, M, Uyttenboogaart, M, Uyttenboogaart, Maarten, Ringleb, P., Ahmed, Niaz, Luijckx, G.J., Luijckx, Gert-Jan, Ahmed, N,, Ahmed, N., Lees, Kennedy R., Wahlgren, Nils, Ford, GA, Soinne, L, Soinne, L., Sykora, Marek, Ford, Gary A., Uyttenboogaart, Maarten; id_orcid   +32 more
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Diffusion tensor free water MRI predicts progression of FLAIR white matter hyperintensities after ischemic stroke

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundThe progression of FLAIR white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) on MRI heralds vascular-mediated cognitive decline. Even before FLAIR WMH progression, adjacent normal appearing white matter (NAWM) already demonstrates microstructural ...
Kyle C. Kern, Marwah S. Zagzoug, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Clinton B. Wright, Richard Leigh, Richard Leigh   +5 more
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The Royal Blackburn Hospital, Acute Stroke Unit [PDF]

Stroke Unit ...
Ramsden, Victoria, Philip, Sheeba J.
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Physiotherapy treatment approaches for stroke [PDF]

, 2008
There are several different approaches to physiotherapy treatment after stroke. These can broadly be divided into approaches that are based on neurophysiological, motor learning, or orthopaedic principles.
Pollock, A., Baer, G.D., Pomeroy, V.M., Langhorne, P., Langhorne, Peter, Baer, Gill, Langhorne, P, Pomeroy, VM, Pollock, Alex, Pomeroy, Valerie M., Baer, Gillian D., Pomeroy, V. M.   +11 more
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Predicting Disability after Ischemic Stroke Based on Comorbidity Index and Stroke Severity—From the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive-Acute Collaboration

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
Background and aimThe availability and access of hospital administrative data [coding for Charlson comorbidity index (CCI)] in large data form has resulted in a surge of interest in using this information to predict mortality from stroke.
Thanh G. Phan, Benjamin B. Clissold, Henry Ma, John Van Ly, Velandai Srikanth   +4 more
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Quick and effective improvement of leucine enriched dietary supplement on malnutrition in acute stroke patients receiving enteral tube feeding

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Malnutrition often occurs in acute stroke patients receiving enteral tube feeding (ETF). Unless malnutrition is improved, their clinical outcome is poor.
Takahisa Mori, Kazuhiro Yoshioka
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced in vivo blood brain barrier transcytosis of macromolecular cargo using an engineered pH-sensitive mouse transferrin receptor binding nanobody

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2023
Background The blood brain barrier limits entry of macromolecular diagnostic and therapeutic cargos. Blood brain barrier transcytosis via receptor mediated transport systems, such as the transferrin receptor, can be used to carry macromolecular cargos ...
Thomas J. Esparza, Shiran Su, Caroline M. Francescutti, Elvira Rodionova, Joong Hee Kim, David L. Brody   +5 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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Assessment of additional endpoints for trials in acute stroke - what, when, where, in who?

, 2012
Functional outcome in acute stroke trials among others is usually measured on the modified Rankin Scale. However, new onset of depression, cognitive decline, and communication deficits alone or in combination affect more than 25% of patients. This report
TONI, Danilo, European Stroke Organisation Outcomes Working Group   +1 more
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