Availability and barriers to access post-stroke rehabilitation in Latin America.

Objectives: To describe the availability and barriers to access post-stroke rehabilitation services in Latin America.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a multi-national survey in Latin American countries. The survey consisted of three sections: (1) the national state of post-stroke rehabilitation; (2) the local state of post-stroke rehabilitation; and (3) the coverage and financing of post-stroke services.

Consistent spatial lesion-symptom patterns: A comprehensive analysis using triangulation in lesion-symptom mapping in a cohort of stroke patients.

Introduction: The relationship between brain lesions and stroke outcomes is crucial for advancing patient prognosis and developing effective therapies. Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and it is important to understand the neurological basis of its varied symptomatology. Lesion-symptom mapping (LSM) methods provide a means to identify brain areas that are strongly associated with specific symptoms.

Segmented neutrophil-to-monocyte ratio and systemic immune-inflammation index associated with the severity and functional prognosis of acute ischemic stroke.

Purpose/aim Of The Study: To identify the inflammation indexes associated with the severity and functional prognosis in ischemic stroke.

Material And Methods: A prospective study was conducted with ischemic stroke cases included in the i-ReNe clinical registry. Patients were divided into groups according to the severity on admission measured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the functional prognosis at 30 and 90 days of discharge measured by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS).

Effectiveness and safety of mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischaemic stroke in Latin American countries: A systematic review.

Objective: To describe the use, effectiveness, and safety outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in Latin American countries.

Materials And Methods: Studies reporting MT outcomes for AIS in Latin America were identified in CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, SciELO, EMBASE, and LILACS databases. Synthesis was conducted according to effectiveness (recanalization rates) and safety measures (mortality and functional independence at 90 days).

A neglected symptom? Parietal gait lateropulsion as primary manifestation of acute is-chemic stroke.

Introduction: Gait disorders are commonly overlooked as a presenting manifestation of stroke and underrepresented in case series. We describe four cases of sudden-onset gait lateropulsion as primary manifestation of parietal lobe stroke.

Case Report: Four patients presented after sudden-onset gait lateropulsion.