Enlarged perivascular spaces in the centrum semiovale are associated with poststroke depression: A 3-month prospective study.

Background: Enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS), markers of cerebral small vessel disease, are associated with unfavorable prognosis of stroke. This study explored the relationship between EPVS and poststroke depression (PSD).

Methods: A total of 725 patients with acute ischemic stroke were recruited from the Stroke Unit of a university-affiliated hospital in Hong Kong.

Association of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life after Acute Ischemic Stroke.

: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with increased mortality, disability and cognitive decline, depression in stroke survivors. This study examined the association between SVD burden, defined by a combination of SVD markers, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in acute ischemic stroke. : Patients admitted with acute ischemic stroke of any etiology were prospectively screened between January 2010 to December 2014 and enrolled in the study if they met study entry criteria.

Enlarged perivascular spaces are associated with health-related quality of life in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Aims: This study explored the association between enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: This was an observational study of consecutively screened patients with acute ischemic stroke from March 2010 to March 2015. EPVS were rated in the basal ganglia and the centrum semiovale with a validated scale.

Complications of fluoroscopically guided percutaneous gastrostomy with large-bore balloon-retained catheter in patients with head and neck tumors.

Background/purpose: To review the complications, mortality rate and nutritional status of patients with head and neck cancer after fluoroscopically guided percutaneous gastrostomy (FPG).

Methods: We retrospectively recruited 110 patients who had undergone FPG using 14-French balloon-retained catheters. The mortality rate, procedural and catheter-related complications, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status were reviewed.

Critical airway obstruction, superior vena cava syndrome, and spontaneous cardiac arrest in a child with acute leukemia.

We report the unusual presentation of a previously healthy girl with sudden cardiopulmonary arrest caused by acute lymphoblastic leukemia and mediastinal involvement leading to acute tracheal and airway obstruction. Despite active resuscitation and mechanical ventilation, she developed severe cerebral edema as a result of cerebral asphyxia. She also had facial edema caused by superior vena cava obstruction, a high peripheral white cell count with blast differentials, and renal failure.