Browsing by Subject "Stroke"
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(Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)Neurological manifestations such as seizures, disorders of consciousness and abnormal movements such as hemichorea and hemiballismus can be the presenting symptoms of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar states. Exceptionally, focal ...
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(Elsevier, 2017)OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare aspirin plus clopidogrel with aspirin alone as antithrombotic treatment following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for the prevention of ischemic events, bleeding ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-06)Background: The New Approach Rivaroxaban Inhibition of Factor Xa in a Global Trial vs. ASA to Prevent Embolism in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (NAVIGATE-ESUS) trial is a randomized phase-III trial comparing ...
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(2011)Acute ischemic stroke in adults was given an Explicit Guarantee of diagnosis and treatment (GES) with Clinical Guidelines in 2007 as part of the on-going Chilean National Health Reform. Aim: To evaluate the adherence to ...
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(S. Karger AG, 2016)© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) extension is common following acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and is associated with poor prognosis. Aim: To determine whether intensive blood pressure ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the dry needling technique (DNT) in the treatment of spasticity for individuals with stroke. Design: We reviewed the Embase, Pubmed/MEDLINE, Web of Science and Cochrane Central ...
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Effects of donepezil on behavioral manifestations of thalamic infarction: A single-case observation (2011)Objective: To examine the effect of donepezil for the treatment of cognitive and behavioral disorders associated with thalamic lesions in a 45-year-old male who suffered an infarct in the left thalamus. Background: Recent ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)© 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Recently, five randomized controlled trials confirmed the efficacy and safety of endovascular treatment with or without intravenous thrombolysis in acute ...
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)Background and Purpose-Patient-centered outcomes are important. We aimed to determine predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and develop utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores in thrombolyzed ...
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(MDPI, 2020)Stroke is currently the world's second cause of disability. It can cause deficits such as postural control, and telerehabilitation could improve the therapeutic dose as well as functional results. The aim of this work is ...
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(Royal Society, 2016)Interoception is a complex process encompassing multiple dimensions, such as accuracy, learning and awareness. Here, we examined whether each of those dimensions relies on specialized neural regions distributed throughout ...
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)Background and Purpose-Epidemiological data about stroke are scarce in low-and middle-income Latin-American countries. We investigated annual incidence of first-ever stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) and 30-day ...
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(S. Karger AG, 2014)Background: Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have impaired vasomotor reactivity, especially in the affected cerebral hemisphere, such that they may depend directly on systemic blood pressure to maintain perfusion ...
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(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Positioning a patient lying-flat in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke may improve recovery and reduce disability, but such a possibility has not been formally tested in a randomised trial. We therefore initiated ...
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(2011)Background and Purpose: Dabigatran-etexilate (DE) recently has been approved for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. However, lack of effective antagonists represents a major concern in the event of intracerebral ...
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(2007)Introduction: Cisternal and ventricular blood predisposes to hydrocephalus and cerebral ischemia after high-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (HGSAH). We studied the role of lamina terminalis fenestration combined ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)© 2017 Rev Med Chile. All right reserved. Background: Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia-defined as an acquired language disturbance-can cause important limitations in quality of life. ...
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(S. Karger AG, 2010)Background: The incidence of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) in Hispanics is high, especially of non-lobar ICH. Our aim was to ascertain prospectively the incidence of first-ever spontaneous ICH (SICH) stratified by ...
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)Background and Purpose-Renal dysfunction (RD) is associated with poor prognosis after stroke. We assessed the effects of RD on outcomes and interaction with low- versus standard-dose alteplase in a post hoc subgroup analysis ...