Gender.Stroke occurs more often in men, but more women than men die from stroke. History of prior stroke.You are at higher risk for having a second stroke after you have already had a stroke. Heredity or genetics.The chance of stroke is greater in people with a family history of stroke...
Patients self-reported acute stress symptoms in-person approximately 3 days post-stroke/TIA and PTSD symptoms via telephone one month later. Severity of stroke symptoms (i.e., stroke disability) was evaluated using the NIH Stroke Scale prior to hospital discharge. Results Stroke disability had a ...
Stroke is the second leading cause of disability and death worldwide, and occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is disrupted.
Door-to-needle times for thrombolysis can be dramatically reduced by performing some of the assessment prior to emergency department arrival. Although plain, noncontrast computed tomography of the brain is the only mandatory test in stroke, the rapid evolution of advanced diagnostic imaging tools has...
We used Neuropsychiatric Inventory to assess neuropsychiatric symptoms occurring within 4 weeks prior to stroke. We diagnosed delirium in 28.2% of patients. On univariate analysis, higher score of pre-stroke depression (OR: 1.58, 95% CI: 1.04–2.40, P = 0.03), apathy (OR: 2.23, 95% ...
Short-term effects also include paranoia, constriction of blood vessels leading to heart damage or stroke, irregular heartbeat, and death. Severe depression and reduced energy often accompany withdrawal. Both short- and long-term use of cocaine have been associated with damage to the heart, the ...
but her brain MRI showed acute and subacute infarcts involving the central and left aspect of the splenium of the corpus callosum, left periatrial white matter/thalamus, left basal ganglia, and anterior right cingulate sulcus. She had an initial stroke workup including electrocardiogram, 24-hour ...
Medical conditions:Depression is more likely to occur with certain medical illnesses. These "co-occurring" conditions includeheart disease,stroke,diabetes,cancer, hormonal disorders (especiallyperimenopauseorhypothyroidism, known as "low thyroid"), Parkinson's disease, andAlzheimer'sdisease. While it does...
we sequentially excluded 68 participants who were ineligible for mortality follow-up; 535 participants with BMI less than 18.5; 3953 participants with history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or stroke; and 2526 participants with history of cancer, yielding 27 566 participants eligi...
Non-stroke symptoms and frequency prior to stroke are listed in Table 1. In more than 1/3rdof patients, unprovoked headaches preceded stroke-like symptoms. In patients exhibiting ischemic symptoms within six months of neuroimaging, cerebrovascular reserve capacity was reduced (p=0.007), and ...