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Stroke: causes and clinical features
Stroke is a clinically defined syndrome of acute, focal neurological
deficit attributed to vascular injury (infarction, haemorrhage) of the
central nervous system. Stroke is the second leading cause of death
and disability ...
Trends in the burden of stroke in Mexico: A national and subnational analysis of the global burden of disease 1990–2019
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Scarce epidemiological information on stroke in Mexico impedes evidence-based decisions and debilitates the design of effective prevention programmes at the local level. Methods: Ecological and secondary analysis ...
NIH stroke scale and unfavourable outcomes in acute ischaemic stroke: retrospective study
(Bmj Publishing Group, 2022-09-01)
Objectives To evaluate the determining factors of severe functional impairment (SFI) outcome at discharge and in-hospital mortality in patients who had an acute ischaemic stroke and thus favouring early implementation of ...
Demographics, socio-economic characteristics, and risk factor prevalence in patients with non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke in low- and middle-income countries: the OPTIC registry.
(Sage Publications, 2013)
BACKGROUND:
There is a paucity of data on patients with stroke/transient ischaemic attack in low- and middle-income countries. We sought to describe the characteristics and management of patients with an ischaemic stroke ...
Demographics, socio-economic characteristics, and risk factor prevalence in patients with non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke in low- and middle-income countries: the OPTIC registry.
(Sage Publications, 2013)
BACKGROUND:
There is a paucity of data on patients with stroke/transient ischaemic attack in low- and middle-income countries. We sought to describe the characteristics and management of patients with an ischaemic stroke ...
Lipid-lowering pretreatment and outcome following intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: a post hoc analysis of the enhanced control of hypertension and thrombolysis stroke study trial
(S. Karger AG, 2018)
© 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel. Copyright: All rights reserved. Background: Debate exists as to whether statin pretreatment confers an increased risk of 90-day mortality and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) in acute ...
Incidence, case-fatality rate, and prognosis of ischaemic stroke subtypes in a predominantly Hispanic-Mestizo population in Iquique, Chile (PISCIS project): a community-based incidence study
(Lancet Publishing Group, 2007)
Background: Incidence of ischaemic stroke subtypes, classified by cause, seems to vary between communities. We aimed to prospectively ascertain the incidence of first-ever ischaemic stroke in a predominantly Hispanic-Mestizo ...
Non-ketotic hyperglycaemia hemichorea-hemiballismus and acute ischaemic stroke
(2013-01-01)
Here we describe a patient with a rare movement disorder, hemichorea-hemiballismus, which is described as a complication of non-ketotic hyperglycaemia. This complication may be seen in individuals with poorly controlled ...