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

Stroke Medicine and Surgery current awareness bulletin

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November 2025

Acute stroke reperfusion therapies for Down syndrome patients: nationwide utilization rates and hospitalization outcomes

Alteplase for acute ischemic stroke at 4.5 to 24 hours: the HOPE randomized clinical trial

Carotid revascularization versus medical management for ischemic stroke with ipsilateral carotid web: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Combined cardiorespiratory and resistance training for people with stroke (new Cochrane review)

Early tirofiban infusion after intravenous thrombolysis for stroke

Effect of arterial transit artifact in arterial spin labeling imaging on prognostic outcomes in ischemic stroke patients: a meta-analysis

The effect of mechanical digit sensory stimulation on upper limb motor function recovery in convalescent stroke patients with hemiplegia

Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on lower limb motor function in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Efficacy and safety of endovascular therapy for posterior cerebral artery occlusion stroke – cohort study

Endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke due to medium or distal vessel occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Exploring the causal role of fatty acids in ischemic stroke: insights from Mendelian randomization and inflammatory mediator analysis

Factors associated with complications in reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: a seven-year study at a comprehensive stroke center

Global, regional, and national burden of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Global visualization exploration of post-stroke cardiac changes: a bibliometric analysis based on CiteSpace and VOSviewer

Intra-arterial tenecteplase after successful reperfusion in large vessel occlusion stroke: a randomized clinical trial

Intra-arterial tenecteplase for acute stroke after successful endovascular therapy: the ANGEL-TNK randomized clinical trial

Intravenous glyburide in medical and endovascular-treated large-core stroke: a subgroup analysis of the CHARM randomized clinical trial

Optimal head-of-bed positioning before thrombectomy in large vessel occlusion stroke: a randomized clinical trial

Palliative care and the self-fulfilling prophecy in stroke patients: is there anything to fear? A retrospective study of patients who died during hospitalization in a quaternary care hospital

Prehospital blood pressure in acute stroke

Triglyceride-glucose index and its association with collaterals in acute ischemic stroke: a cross-sectional study

Utility of poststroke dysphagia risk stratification using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) for patients with acute ischemic stroke

Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for post-stroke recovery: a single center experience of patient satisfaction and outcomes

Remote ischaemic conditioning for preventing and treating ischaemic stroke (updated Cochrane review)

Resistance training for people with stroke (new Cochrane review)

Risk factors analysis of post-stroke complex regional pain syndrome in patients with first-ever subacute stroke

Short-term outcomes of intravenous tenecteplase compared with alteplase for mild acute ischemic stroke

Spinal cord stroke in the pediatric population: a clinical overview

Successful mechanical thrombectomy and balloon angioplasty in two children with arterial ischemic stroke caused by focal cerebral arteriopathy

Sources

American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (Oct); Annals of Neurology (Sep); Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (Oct); Cochrane Library (Sep); Emergency Medicine Journal (Sep); JAMA (Aug-Sep); JAMA Neurology (Aug-Sep); NEJM (Sep); Pediatric Neurology (Sep-Oct)

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)

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