HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Stroke Medicine and Surgery

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September 2025

Assessing taste and smell dysfunction in acute and chronic stroke patients: insights from an adapted bedside questionnaire

Association of cardiometabolic index and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CT perfusion imaging after selection for late-window endovascular stroke treatment: secondary analysis of the MR CLEAN-LATE randomized trial

Epidemiological trends and forecasts in stroke at global, regional and national levels

Examination of pediatric hemorrhagic stroke incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Extended CT angiography versus standard CT angiography for the detection of cardioaortic thrombus in patients with ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack (DAYLIGHT)

Factors associated with increased atrial fibrillation detection in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke on children and adolescents aged under 20 years from 1990 to 2021, with projections of disability-adjusted life year to 2050: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

The impact of nutritional and inflammatory status on mortality in stroke patients: results from NHANES 2005-2018

Intravenous tenecteplase before thrombectomy in stroke

Neighborhood socio-demographic profile associated with adequate transitions of stroke care: the Transitions of Care Stroke Disparities study

Residual risk of recurrent stroke despite anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Right C7 neurotomy at the intervertebral foramen plus intensive speech and language therapy versus intensive speech and language therapy alone for chronic post-stroke aphasia: multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Risk of poststroke epilepsy among young adults with ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage

Sleepiness, fatigue, and obstructive sleep apnea in stroke patients

Surgery for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhage (new Cochrane intervention review)

Various sociodemographic variables on acute and inpatient stroke care

Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

BMJ, The (Jun); Cochrane Library (Jun-Jul); European Journal of Neurology (May); JAMA Neurology (Jun-Jul); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Jul-Aug); Lancet Neurology, The (Jun-Aug); NEJM (Jul)

July 2025

Advances in treatments for acute ischemic stroke

Changes in fatigue after first-ever ischemic stroke and their associations with changes in physical fitness, body composition, and physical activity

Comparing the effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: a real-world study

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (new Cochrane intervention review)

Effect of oral healthcare prevention program on oral hygiene in post-stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Electromechanical‐assisted training for walking after stroke (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Endovascular thrombectomy with versus without intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Endovascular treatment of stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion

Endovascular treatment for stroke due to occlusion of medium or distal vessels

Global trends, disparities, and future projections of ischemic stroke burden attributed to low-fiber diets: an analysis based on GBD 2021

Long-term risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Long-term stroke and mortality risk reduction associated with acute-phase Paxlovid use in mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Menopausal hormone therapy in women with CADASIL: a health system-wide retrospective cross-sectional study

Neuroimaging biomarkers on routine Computed Tomography (CT) after acute stroke and their association with post-stroke delirium: a cohort study

Optimal delay time to initiate anticoagulation after ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation: a pragmatic, response-adaptive randomized clinical trial

Risk of bias assessment of post-stroke mortality machine learning predictive models: systematic review

Safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in addition to constraint-induced movement therapy for post-stroke motor recovery (TRANSPORT2): a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled triple-blind trial

Sources

BMJ, The (May); Cochrane Library (Apr-May); JAMA (May); JAMA Neurology (May); Journal of Dentistry (Mar); Journal of Medical Virology (Apr); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Jun); Lancet Neurology, The (May); NEJM (Apr)

May 2025

Associations between stroke type, ischemic stroke subtypes, and poststroke cognitive trajectories

Comparative efficacy and safety of tissue plasminogen activators (tPA) in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cross-country inequalities in disease burden and quality of care of stroke, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Direct oral anticoagulants compared to aspirin for embolic stroke of undetermined source: a comprehensive meta-analysis

Effect of electrical stimulation in the treatment on patients with foot drop after stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

eHealth interventions of health literacy for stroke survivors: systematic review and meta-analysis

Global, regional, and national burden of subarachnoid hemorrhage: trends from 1990 to 2021 and 20-year forecasts

Investigating causal associations of gut microbiota and blood metabolites on stroke and its subtypes: a Mendelian randomization study

The kidney-immune-brain axis: the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis and treatment of stroke in chronic kidney disease

Long-term cognitive decline after subarachnoid hemorrhage: pathophysiology, management, and future directions

Mediating effect of social support in the relationship of symptom burden and fear of disease progression in stroke patients

Optimizing mobile stroke unit deployment: a strategic case study in the greater Oslo area

Practicing stroke medicine in war zones

Prediction models of post-stroke hospital readmission: a systematic review

Stroke mimics at 30 years: where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going

Sulfonylurea drugs for people with severe hemispheric ischemic stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Survey on neurological monitoring practices and clinician perspectives in acute stroke care

Trajectory of depressive symptoms in a longitudinal stroke cohort

Withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in older people (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); European Journal of Neurology (Feb); European Stroke Journal (Mar); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Mar-May); Public Health Nursing (Jan/Feb); Stroke (Apr)

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