1088Elevated Intracranial pCO2 Protects Against Ischemic Stroke and Disability through Amelioration of Endothelial Dysfunction and Early Expression of Angiogenic Factorsdoi:10.1227/neu.0000000000003360_1088Desp
Stroke is the third leading cause of years lost due to disability and the second-largest cause of mortality worldwide. Most occurrences of stroke are brought on by the sudden occlusion of an artery (ischemic stroke), but sometimes they are brought on by bleeding into brain tissue after a blo...
10, 11 cognitive impairment,12 communication disorders13, and disability and activity limitations, such as social isolation,14 emotional change,15 reduced physical functioning (eg, mobility and performing activities of daily living [ADLs]),16 and impact on the stroke survivor and caregiver relationship...
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Certain factors, such as the severity of the stroke and the patient's age which influence the high disability and mortality rates associated with stroke1, remain beyond our control2. However, other factors such as inflammation related to stroke, have been explored as new targets to prevent strok...
The efficacy outcome was based on modified Rankin scale (mRS) score at 3 months, which ranges from 0 to 6, encompassing the full spectrum of functional outcomes from no symptoms to death, with a score of 0 indicating no symptoms, 5 representing severe disability, and 6 denoting death [22]...
Three months after acute stroke, this randomized clinical trial compares rates of death and disability among adult patients receiving continuous or
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Stroke is the major cause of an acquired lifelong physical disability1. As a further complication, patients surviving brain ischemia often develop enhanced brain excitability and epileptic seizures, which negatively affect functional outcomes and have a considerable social and psychological impact on stroke...