Browsing by Author "Smith, Eric E"
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Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015-08-12)Differences in activation of emergency medical services (EMS) may contribute to racial/ethnic and sex disparities in stroke outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether EMS use varied by race/ethnicity and ... -
Real world effectiveness of warfarin among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: observational analysis from Patient-Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) study.
(BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2015-07-31)To examine the association between warfarin treatment and longitudinal outcomes after ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in community practice.Observational study.Hospitals (n = 1487) participating in the ... -
Recent Myocardial Infarction is Associated With Increased Risk in Older Adults With Acute Ischemic Stroke Receiving Thrombolytic Therapy.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019-08)Background Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rtPA) remains the only medical therapy to improve outcomes for acute ischemic stroke (AIS), but the safety of rtPA in AIS patients with a history of recent ... -
Relationship of national institutes of health stroke scale to 30-day mortality in medicare beneficiaries with acute ischemic stroke.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2012-02)BACKGROUND: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), a well-validated tool for assessing initial stroke severity, has previously been shown to be associated with mortality in acute ischemic stroke. However, ... -
Risks and Benefits Associated With Prestroke Antiplatelet Therapy Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator.
(JAMA neurology, 2016-01)Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is known to improve outcomes in ischemic stroke; however, many patients may have been receiving antiplatelet therapy before acute ischemic stroke and could face an increased ... -
Shock Index Predicts Patient-Related Clinical Outcomes in Stroke.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-09)Background The prognostic value of shock index ( SI ), heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure, in stroke for clinical outcomes other than mortality is not well understood. Methods and Results We examined the Get With ... -
Temperature and Precipitation Associate With Ischemic Stroke Outcomes in the United States.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-11)Background There is disagreement in the literature about the relationship between strokes and seasonal conditions. We sought to (1) describe seasonal patterns of stroke in the United States, and (2) determine the relationship ... -
Thrombolysis in young adults with stroke: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Stroke.
(Neurology, 2019-06)OBJECTIVE:To determine whether young adults (≤40 years old) with acute ischemic stroke are less likely to receive IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and more likely to have longer times to brain imaging and treatment. ... -
Trends in Reperfusion Therapy for In-Hospital Ischemic Stroke in the Endovascular Therapy Era.
(JAMA neurology, 2020-09-21)Importance:A significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes occur while patients are hospitalized. Limited contemporary data exist on the utilization rates of intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy for in-hospital ...
