Search results for "Stroke"
Study shows differences between the sexes in stroke severity, risk of death
Women over 65 had more severe strokes than men the same age, but were more likely to survive, a Danish registry study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/15/4.htm
15 Jul 2015
July 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/
Even small brain lesions may increase mortality in patients without prior stroke history
Clinicians may want to reconsider the practice of dismissing very small cerebral lesions found on MRI, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/08/3.htm
8 Jul 2015
June 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/
Intra-arterial therapy for stroke cost effective in modeling study
Intra-arterial treatment is likely cost-effective for patients with anterior circulation strokes and proximal occlusion, according to a recent modeling study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/10/3.htm
10 Jun 2015
Friction
The forces of physics can explain clinical and other functions of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/23/free/friction.htm
23 Aug 2023
Hospitals often overestimate performance of timely tPA delivery for stroke, study finds
Hospitals that delivered less tPA and did it more slowly were more likely to overestimate their performance on the 1-hour door-to-needle measure, according to a Get With the Guidelines study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/29/3.htm
29 Jul 2015
January 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/
Stroke windows keep opening wider
An expert reviews the latest data on ischemic stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/stroke-windows-keep-opening-wider.htm
15 Jul 2019
Hypertension often undertreated after hospitalization for stroke
Patients who were hospitalized for an ischemic stroke often had a systolic blood pressure above 160 mm Hg at discharge and at subsequent outpatient visits, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/14/3.htm
14 Jan 2015