Effectiveness of Thrombectomy in Stroke According to Baseline Prognostic Factors: Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting Analysis of a Population-Based Registry [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Development of a minimum stroke dataset for electronic collection in routine stroke care [PDF]
Improving stroke care is a national priority and adherence to national policy and guidelines is closely monitored by numerous organisations using a considerable number of overlapping indicators of stroke care processes.
Teale, Elizabeth Ann
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Statistical analysis of the primary outcome in acute stroke trials [PDF]
Common outcome scales in acute stroke trials are ordered categorical or pseudocontinuous in structure but most have been analyzed as binary measures. The use of fixed dichotomous analysis of ordered categorical outcomes after stroke (such as the modified
Lees, K.R. +9 more
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Contemporary outcome measures in acute stroke research: choice of primary outcome measure [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The diversity of available outcome measures for acute stroke trials is challenging and implies that the scales may be imperfect.
D. m. Kerr +26 more
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Interventions for fatigue after stroke [PDF]
Fatigue after stoke is common and distressing to patients. It is unknown how to best treat fatigue after stroke, and a number different interventions may, in theory, be of benefit.
Dennis, M. +27 more
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Outcome of Stroke Patients with Cancer and Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis [PDF]
Background and purpose: Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a cause of stroke in cancer. However, clinical characteristics and outcomes in stroke patients with cancer-associated NBTE are not well known.
최진교 +6 more
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Changing Demographics at a Comprehensive Stroke Center Amidst the Rise in Primary Stroke Centers [PDF]
Background— The creation of The Joint Commission primary stroke centers (PSCs) has increased access to acute stroke care in metropolitan areas. We hypothesized that the rise in PSCs in the Houston area was associated with demographic changes and decreased trial enrollment at our comprehensive stroke center.
Karen C, Albright +5 more
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Stroke is the acute medical and social problem, because this disease has high level of mortality and invalidization. There is a special regional program «High quality medical care organization in Tomsk Region in 2007—2009».
D. M. Plotnikov +3 more
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Endovascular stroke treatment in a small‐volume stroke center [PDF]
AbstractIntroductionOur purpose was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment (EVT) of stroke caused by large vessel occlusions (LVO) performed by general interventional radiologists in cooperation with stroke neurologists and neuroradiologists at a center with a limited annual number of procedures.
Gry N. Behzadi +4 more
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Outcome Determinants of Stroke in a Brazilian Primary Stroke Center [PDF]
Background.Stroke mortality in Brazil is one of the highest among Western countries. Nonetheless, stroke outcome determinants are still poorly known in this country. In this study we evaluate outcome determinants of stroke in a primary stroke center in São Paulo, Brazil.Methods.We evaluated demographic, clinical, and outcome data of patients with ...
Gustavo W. Kuster +6 more
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