Search results for "Stroke"
January 4, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/04/
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
April 20, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/
CHA2DS2-VASc modestly predicts ischemic stroke, thromboembolism, death in heart failure patients
The observation that the risk factors included in the score are particularly significant among heart failure patients without atrial fibrillation is an important result, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/02/4.htm
2 Sep 2015
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Door-to-needle initiative associated with more timely tPA administration, better outcomes in acute ischemic stroke
A door-to-needle initiative improved administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and clinical outcomes, including in-hospital mortality, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/30/4.htm
30 Apr 2014
January 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/
Complications rare when stroke mimics are treated with tPA, study finds
An analysis of the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry found that 3.5% of patients who received IV tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) for a suspected ischemic stroke were eventually found to have a stroke mimic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/1.htm
21 Aug 2019
September 7, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/
Endovascular therapy not superior to IV tPA for acute ischemic stroke
For patients with acute ischemic stroke, endovascular therapy isn't superior to standard treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/13/4.htm
13 Feb 2013