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Black and Latinx populations are disproportionately affected by stroke and are likely to experience gaps in health care. Within fragmented care systems, remote digital solutions hold promise in reversing this ...
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Support for IV tPA in ischaemic stroke in elderly people
In Europe, use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in patients older than 80 years is discouraged because these patients have been excluded from certain past clinical trials. A new retrospective,...
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Open AccessComparative effectiveness of home blood pressure telemonitoring (HBPTM) plus nurse case management versus HBPTM alone among Black and Hispanic stroke survivors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Black and Hispanic stroke survivors experience higher rates of recurrent stroke than whites. This disparity is partly explained by disproportionately higher rates of uncontrolled hypertension in these populati...
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Open AccessSupplemental oxygen delivery to suspected stroke patients in pre hospital and emergency department settings
Recent data suggests that high-flow oxygen started promptly after stroke symptom onset salvages ischemic brain tissue. We investigated the consistency of oxygen delivery to suspected stroke patients in the pre...
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The Management of Stroke in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Ischemic stroke is one of the most common complications of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Because of the relative lack of definitive prospective studies, there is still some debate as to whether the pers...
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Is telemedicine the answer for delivering stroke care to rural areas?
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Cellular and Metabolic Significance of Cellular Acid-Base Shifts in Human Stroke
Stroke is most often due to the occlusion of a single intracranial artery, resulting in incomplete focal ischemia. This has an immediate deleterious effect upon cerebral energy metabolism and dependent process...