Search results for "Stroke"
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
Thrombectomy after stroke reduced length of stay, increased chance of living at home
A new analysis of a prior trial found that endovascular thrombectomy for ischemic stroke reduced length of hospital stay by a median of 2.6 days, a 29% reduction compared to medical therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/4.htm
17 Jul 2019
November 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/
Bridging with heparin after stroke associated with worse outcomes than not bridging
Both ischemic and bleeding events within 90 days of stroke were more common among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who received full-dose low-molecular-weight heparin when starting a direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/2.htm
3 Jul 2019
April 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/
Research on strokes and readmissions in COVID-19, updated guidance from NIH and SSC
One study showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients, while another didn't find any connection between fever or biomarkers before discharge and readmissions. The NIH and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) updated their COVID-19 critical care recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2021
February 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/
March 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/
Thrombolysis use for acute ischemic stroke doubled in four-year period
Approximately 3.4% to 5.2% of acute ischemic stroke patients received thrombolytics in 2009—about double the 2005 treatment rate, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/15/2.htm
15 Jun 2011
New risk score for in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke
Researchers have developed a 34-point risk score to predict in-hospital pneumonia after acute ischemic stroke that appears to have better discrimination than older scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/20/3.htm
20 Mar 2013