background: the aim of this study was to evaluate whether higher serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-i (igf-i) in the acute phase of ischemic stroke are associated with less severe strokes and better functional outcome in a period of 12-month follow-up. methods: from october 2014 to august 2015, patients with the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke admitted to the stroke unit of firoozgar...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Modified Rankin score (mRS) is traditionally graded using a face-to-face or telephone interview. Certain stroke assessment scales can be derived from a review of a patient's case-record alone. We hypothesized that mRS could be successfully derived from the narrative within patient case-records. METHODS Sequential patients attending our cerebrovascular outpatient clinic ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke severity and dependency are often categorized to allow stratification for randomization or analysis. However, there is uncertainty whether the categorizations used for different stroke scales are equivalent. We investigated the amount of information retained by categorizing severity and dependency, and whether the currently used cut-offs are equivalent across diffe...

BACKGROUND The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was developed to monitor functional recovery after stroke, but nowadays it is a treatment outcome measure in elective neurosurgery. Our objective was to study how mRS changes associate with short-term postoperative outcome. METHODS Preoperative, in-hospital, and 30-day mRS scores came from a prospective, consecutive and unselected cohort of 418 adult...

BACKGROUND Giant intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare cerebrovascular lesions that pose management challenges. OBJECTIVE To further clarify outcomes in patients with giant cerebral AVMs managed with conservative or interventional therapies. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with AVMs evaluated at our institution from 1990 to 2013. Pati...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate good prognostic factors for an acute occlusion of a major cerebral artery using mechanical thrombectomy. METHODS Between January 2013 to December 2014, 37 consecutive patients with acute occlusion of a major cerebral artery treated by mechanical thrombectomy with stent retrievers were conducted. We analyzed clinical and angiographic factors re...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is the preferred measure of disability in cerebrovascular clinical trials, but its value is restricted by interobserver variability. Poor reliability reduces the statistical power of clinical trials and leads to underestimation of effect size. Strategies to improve mRS grading are required. Video training has previously improved application...

Aim: The objective of this study is. “To determine the frequency of hypomagnesemia among patients with acute ischemic stroke and to study the correlation of serum magnesium with Modified Rankin Scale after acute ischemic stroke.” Study design: It is a cross sectional study. Setting: Indoor patients, departments of Medicine, Mayo Hospital, Lahore Duration of study:Six months from “15 th May 2014...

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Background The aim of the study was to evaluate influence endovascular therapy (EVT) on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) secondary carotid artery dissection (CAD). Methods This single-center retrospective enrolled 17 patients admitted with AIS CAD from January 2018 November 2019 in Department Neurology, Shenzhen Hospital Southern Medical University where received EVT guidewire or parallel guidewire....