Search results for "Stroke"
Osteoporosis screening, treatment uncommon after stroke
Among 16,581 patients, 5.1% underwent poststroke bone mineral density testing and 15.5% received fracture prevention treatment within one year.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/30/4.htm
30 Apr 2019
Thrombolysis may benefit acute ischemic stroke patients with diabetes and prior stroke
Thrombolysis appeared to benefit patients with acute ischemic stroke who had concomitant diabetes or a history of stroke, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/22/6.htm
22 Nov 2011
Marking achievements in gender equity
The President-elect of the American Medical Women's Association discusses mentorship, advocacy, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/marking-achievements-in-gender-equity.htm
1 Sep 2023
Dabigatran not superior to aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention in certain patients
The industry-funded multicenter randomized, double-blind trial compared dabigatran, 150 mg or 110 mg twice daily, with aspirin, 100 mg once daily, in patients who had had an embolic stroke of undetermined source.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/21/4.htm
21 May 2019
Tackling tPA and stroke outcomes through telemedicine
Thirteen “spoke” hospitals across the U.S. without on-site stroke experts used telemedicine to increased their use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to treat acute ischemic stroke.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/telemedicine.htm
1 Jul 2014
Progress and limitations on vaccines, strokes and readmissions in COVID-19
A report warned that a few health care workers developed COVID-19 shortly after vaccination, and studies showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients but readmissions could not be predicted easily.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/09/1.htm
9 Feb 2021
Afib guideline updates diagnosis, management strategies
An updated guideline from cardiology societies places new emphasis on lifestyle and risk factor modification in patients with atrial fibrillation and risk for recurrence when afib occurs after surgery, among other changes.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2023
DynaMed Plus image quiz: Thrombosis
The left panel of this angiography shows thrombosis of the right carotid artery such as might occur in a patient who presents to the emergency department with an acute symptomatic ischemic stroke. The right panel demonstrates the return of vascular flow following successful thrombolysis, as might occur after the patient is treated with intravenous alteplase within 180 minutes of stroke onset. Post-thrombolytic therapy, what is this patient is most likely to have?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/dynamed.htm
1 Apr 2017
Alternative antiplatelet agents, alone or as adjunct, more effective than continuing aspirin monotherapy after new ischemic stroke
While the study may support the idea that alternative antiplatelet strategies are better than continued aspirin monotherapy in patients who have a stroke while on aspirin, with respect to stroke recurrence alone, switching to other antiplatelet agents was nominally but not statistically more effective than maintaining aspirin monotherapy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/08/6.htm
8 Dec 2015
Latest research on COVID-19 antibodies, cardiac and stroke risks, mortality rates
A monoclonal antibody treatment showed benefit in outpatients, data varied on duration of antibody response, cardiac effects appeared common while strokes were not, and mortality improved, among other recent findings on COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2020