Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) updated...
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In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) updated...
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About 2.3 million Americans are affected by atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF), a...
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Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained heart rhythm disorder, affecting about 3...
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Studies have shown that using tPA within 3 hours of stroke onset raises the chances for good...
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I normally wouldn’t do this but you need to see excerpts from an article in the Wisconsin...
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to increase risks for cognitive impairment and dementia,...
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A study involving patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) suggests that yoga...
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The Particulars: Previously published studies have indicated that nearly one-third of stroke...
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More than a third of patients who suffer a major bleeding in the brain and have their life support...
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About one-third of American infants and children who suffer bleeding into brain tissue may later...
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The Particulars: Currently, there is no specific, evidence-based targeted treatment that has been...
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The Particulars: Currently, the only treatment to relieve swelling of the brain caused by a severe ischemic stroke is craniotomy. A novel intravenous formulation of glyburide (RP-1127), a diabetes drug, may prevent such...
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The Particulars: Recent studies suggest that less than 30% of patients treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) are imaged within 25 minutes or received IV tPA within 60 minutes of ED arrival. Using a model...
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Marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, may double stroke risk in young adults, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2013. In a New Zealand study, ischemic...
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Substance abuse appears to be common among younger adults who experience a stroke, according to an investigation from researchers in Cincinnati. Substance abuse among stroke patients increased from 45% in 1993 to 62% in 2005....
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Patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) have 4.7-fold and 4.4-fold increased risks of...
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Guidelines recommend that people with high blood pressure (BP) be prescribed medication and those...
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Results of a population-based analysis indicate that more people are experiencing stroke at younger ages. Data from the 1990s suggests that the average age a stroke was 71.2 years, but the new study demonstrated that the average...
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A review of more than 125,000 patients on stable statin therapy suggests that nearly half (44%) of...
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