Search results for "Stroke"
Migraine may be linked to perioperative stroke, hospital readmission
The researchers calculated a predicted absolute risk of 2.4 perioperative ischemic strokes for every 1,000 surgical patients overall, 3.9 for every 1,000 patients with migraine but no aura, and 6.3 for every 1,000 patients with migraine and aura.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/4.htm
25 Jan 2017
Complications rare when stroke mimics are treated with tPA, study finds
An analysis of the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry found that 3.5% of patients who received IV tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) for a suspected ischemic stroke were eventually found to have a stroke mimic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/1.htm
21 Aug 2019
Strokes in COVID-19
Learn what experts and the evidence have found so far.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/strokes-in-covid-19.htm
15 Aug 2020
June 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/
COX-2 inhibitors associated with greater risk for death after ischemic stroke
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor use before hospital admission for ischemic stroke was associated with a higher 30-day mortality rate, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/12/5.htm
12 Nov 2014
June 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/
Alternative antiplatelet agents, alone or as adjunct, more effective than continuing aspirin monotherapy after new ischemic stroke
Study authors noted that, despite the overall benefits, on the outcome of stroke recurrence alone, the difference between switching to other agents and continuing monotherapy was not statistically significant, possibly due to low statistical power.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/09/3.htm
9 Dec 2015
January 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/
Guidelines issued on early management of acute ischemic stroke
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association recently issued updated guidelines on the early management of acute ischemic stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/13/1.htm
13 Feb 2013
September 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/