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

Stroke Medicine and Surgery current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

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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)

March 2025

Anesthetic management for large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke with tandem lesions

Association of duration of recognized hypertension and stroke risk: the REGARDS study

Effects of allostatic load on long-term survival after stroke

Effects of physiotherapy interventions for poststroke fatigue: a systematic review

Effects of stroke nurse-led acute stroke management on treatment time benchmarks, intravenous thrombolysis rates, and patient outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Evaluating outcome associations with race after mechanical thrombectomy: an analysis of the NVQI-QOD acute ischemic stroke registry

Factors associated with social isolation in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The feasibility of mechanical thrombectomy versus medical management for acute stroke with a large ischemic territory

Global prevalence and risk factors of delirium among patients following acute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hypoglycemic events may trigger acute ischemic stroke within 30 days in those with diabetes: a case-crossover study

Inflammation biomarkers in the intracranial blood are associated with outcome in patients with ischemic stroke

The impact of COVID-19 infection on the development of stroke, pulmonary embolism, and myocardial infarction: a retrospective study

Magnesium sulfate in the management of acute ischemic stroke: a review of the literature and future directions

Magnitude of effect of low dose colchicine, a newly Food and Drug Administration approved treatment for stroke prevention

NSAID allergy labels associated with mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in stroke

Pre-hospital blood pressure lowering in presumed hyperacute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Sex differences in outcomes after endovascular treatment in posterior circulation stroke: results from the MR CLEAN Registry

Socioeconomic disparities in rate of poststroke dementia: a nationwide cohort study

Stimulant use disorder and the likelihood of stroke: analysis of a national database in the United States

Systematic review and meta-analysis of audits measuring antithrombotic therapy within forty-eight hours for ischemic stroke

Sources

Cureus (Jan); Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Jan-Feb); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Feb); Stroke (Jan)

January 2025

Association between elevated lipoprotein(a) levels and vulnerability of carotid atherosclerotic plaque

Association of elevated lipoprotein(a) levels with ischemic stroke in young patients - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cerebrovascular events in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a review

Comprehensive analysis of the impact of procedure time and the ‘golden hour’ in subpopulations of stroke thrombectomy patients

Diagnosing monogenic stroke at a younger age

Endovascular thrombectomy for large core volume acute ischemic stroke: updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Endovascular thrombectomy vs best medical management for late presentation acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion without CT perfusion or MR imaging selection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First-in-human trial of a self-expandable, temporary dilation system for intracranial atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke

Genetic testing for monogenic stroke

Hypertensive retinopathy can predict stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on observational studies

The imaging-neuropathological gap in acute large vessel occlusive stroke

Life's essential 8 trajectories and risk of stroke: a prospective cohort study

Outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients with extreme large infarction core

Quantitative electroencephalography to assess post-stroke functional disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Stroke controversies and debates: imaging in intracerebral hemorrhage

Susceptibility vessel sign, a predictor of long-term outcome in patients with stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy

A systematic review of the socioeconomic impact of mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke

Timing of anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation after acute ischemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis

Transcranial doppler with microbubbles: screening test to detect and grade right-to-left shunt after an ischemic stroke - a literature review

Sources

Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Nov-Dec); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Nov-Jan); Stroke (Nov-Dec)

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