Search results for "Stroke"
August 10, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/
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
Two in five HF patients not on guideline-directed medical therapy at discharge
A study of Veterans Affairs hospitals found that 42% of patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) in 2013 to 2019 were not prescribed all guideline-recommended medications at discharge, and those receiving care at urban hospitals were even less likely to receive the treatments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/two-in-five-hf-patients-not-on-guideline-directed-medical-therapy-at-discharge.htm
10 Apr 2024
Combination therapy versus aspirin alone associated with fewer ischemic events, higher hemorrhage risk after minor stroke or TIA
Aspirin plus clopidogrel reduces risk for recurrent ischemic stroke immediately after a high-risk transient ischemic attack (TIA) or noncardioembolic ischemic stroke but should be used only for the first three weeks, an accompanying editorial said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/4.htm
23 May 2018
February 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/
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
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/
Thrombolysis within 4.5 hours of stroke onset improves outcomes in severe strokes and for elderly
Administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) significantly improves outcomes when done within 4.5 hours of acute ischemic stroke onset, including among the elderly and those with severe stroke, a meta-analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/13/4.htm
13 Aug 2014
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/
Patients with and without lesions have similar outcomes after nondisabling ischemic stroke
Twenty-nine percent of patients who had a nondisabling ischemic stroke did not have a lesion identified on diffusion-weighted MRI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/07/2.htm
7 Oct 2015