BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Approximately one fourth of stroke occur during sleep. Despite the clinical and radiological similarities between wake-up stroke (WUS) and non-WUS, the functional outcomes of WUS are largely unknown. METHODS This retrospective analysis reviewed 2289 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke who were admitted between November 2002 and December 2009. We used 3 end-p...

Abstract Purpose: To determine the potential benefits of strokectomy and decompressive craniectomy (DC) for patients with malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction at a tertiary center in Taiwan over period 20 years. Methods: In this institutional retrospective study, we reviewed data all MCA who underwent DC or without between 2003 2022 Department Surgery National University Hospital. ...

Purpose:Prognostic parameters in stroke management are important for emergency department physicians to reduce mortality and morbidity. No could be determined prognosis acute stroke. In this study, we aimed determine whether serum procalcitonin(PCT), lactate HgA1c levels at admission changes of PCT 2 hours were associated with short-term functional outcome (3rd day) after ischemic Patients Meth...

Abstract Background Stroke is among the most prevalent causes of disability. An easy reliable tool to predict stroke outcomes will help manage neurological and non-neurological events rehabilitation. The modified SOAR (mSOAR) score, which includes subtype, Oxfordshire Community Project (OCSP) classification, age, pre-stroke Rankin score (mRS), National Institutes Health Scale (NIHSS) simple eas...

AIM The correlation between hematoma volume and outcome in ruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVM) with accompanying posterior fossa hematoma was retrospectively evaluated. MATERIAL AND METHODS Microsurgery operations were performed on 127 patients with intracranial AVM between January 1998 and January 2009 at our clinic. Fifteen (11.8%) patients were identified as suffering from posterior...

Abstract Background Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with alteplase is the first-line therapy for acute ischemic anterior and posterior circulation strokes (ACS PCS). Knowledge about safety efficacy of IVT in stroke deficient as most Egyptian studies either assessed outcome comparison to conservative or its only. Therefore, our aim was compare relative frequency after intravenous versus patients ...

Background: Firoozgar Comprehensive Stroke Center started up as the first organized care unit in the country in 2014; this study was performed to investigate quality indicators such as reduction in mortality, morbidity and hospital stay.   Methods: Two groups of ischemic stroke patients were compared. The first group had been admitted in general neurology ward (non-stroke unit patients)...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Thrombolysis with alteplase is used in acute ischemic stroke within 3 hours after symptom onset in many stroke centers, but experience remains limited in Europe. METHODS Using eligibility and management criteria similar to those published by the American Heart Association, we treated 75 consecutive patients aged 21 to 83 years (mean age, 63.6 years; median Scandinavian ...

Abstract Background Stroke constitutes a major health problem worldwide, nowadays endovascular treatment is considered to be standard of care in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion, accurate prediction outcome thrombectomy essential for providers, and families. We studied different clinical radiological variables that could predict functional after thrombectomy. Thirty-fo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate any possible effects of mean platelet volume (MPV) on short-term stroke prognosis and functional outcome in patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke (FEAIS). METHODS This retrospective cross-sectional study included 798 FEAIS patients admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Adiyaman, Turkey between January 2013 and June 2015. The data...