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Effectiveness evaluation of a hypertension management program in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
The objective of this study was to examine effectiveness of a Hypertension Management Program (HMP) in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). From September 2018 through December 2019, we implemented HMP in seven clinics of an FQHC in rural South ...
Kincaid Lowe Beasley, Aisha Tucker-Brown, David B. Rein, Roy Ahn, Rachel Davis, Michelle Spafford, Michelle Dougherty, Emily Teachout, Shakia B. Haynes   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evidence-based review of edoxaban and its role in stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. [PDF]

, 2015
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the elderly. It is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality from cardioembolic complications like stroke.
Acharya, Tushar, Deedwania, Prakash
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weights for ordinal analyses of the modified Rankin Scale in stroke trials: A population-based cohort study

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Ordinal/shift analyses of ordered measures like the modified Rankin Scale(mRS) are underused as primary trial outcomes for neurological disorders – despite statistical advantages – potentially hindered by poor clinical interpretability versus
Aravind Ganesh, Ramon Luengo-Fernandez, Sarah T. Pendlebury, Peter M. Rothwell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utility of electronic patient records in primary care for stroke secondary prevention trials [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to inform the design of a pragmatic trial of stroke prevention in primary care by evaluating data recorded in electronic patient records (EPRs) as potential outcome measures.
Ashworth, Mark, Dregan, Alex, Grieve, Andy, Gulliford, Martin C, Little, Paul, McDermott, Lisa, Moore, Michael, Rudd, Anthony, Taweel, Adel, Toschke, Michael A, Van Staa, Tjeerd, van Staa, Tjeerd, Wolfe, Charles D, Yardley, Lucy   +13 more
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon, Nathalie Picard, Valeria d'Andrea, Enchi Chang, Joseph Leffler, Eleonora Centofante, Matthew Taylor, Francesca Bardi, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Takao K. Hensch, Stefano Panzeri, Chinfei Chen, Michela Fagiolini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Vulnerability Index and All-Cause Mortality After Acute Ischemic Stroke, Medicare Cohort 2020-2023

JACC: Advances
Background: Inequities in stroke outcomes have existed for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic amplified these inequities. Objectives: This study examined the association between social vulnerability and all-cause mortality among Medicare beneficiaries ...
Xin Tong, MPH, Susan A. Carlson, PhD, Elena V. Kuklina, MD, PhD, Fátima Coronado, MD, MPH, Quanhe Yang, PhD, Robert K. Merritt, MA   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Cardiovascular Health Impact of Family History of Premature Heart Disease in the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2014

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Because family history is a known risk factor for heart disease, it is important to characterize its public health impact in terms of population prevalence of family history of heart disease, the burden of heart disease attributable to family ...
Ramal Moonesinghe, Quanhe Yang, Zefeng Zhang, Muin J. Khoury   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Stroke Long-term Trends in Stroke Incidence in New Zealand: 1981-2012 [PDF]

, 2014
Background: In the context of declining stroke mortality rates, reliable data on long-term trends of stroke incidence and case fatality is required to understand reasons for the decline and to plan long-term health care stroke services and to monitor the
Abbott, M
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The Impact of Tilburg Frailty on Poststroke Fatigue in First‐Ever Stroke Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Unified Measurement Tools and Improved Statistics

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Poststroke fatigue (PSF) and frailty share substantial overlap in their manifestations, yet previous research has yielded conflicting results due to the use of heterogeneous frailty assessment tools. Objective To evaluate the independent impact of frailty on PSF using a unified measurement system (Tilburg Frailty Indicator, TFI ...
Chuan‐Bang Chen, Xiao‐Xue Wang, Shao‐Rui Bao, Sui‐Li Lin, Mei‐Chun Shu, Xi‐Xi Ye, Wen‐Jie Cong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source