Early recanalization after tenecteplase versus alteplase: Experience in a large stroke network.

Introduction: Previously published data are conflicting regarding the ability of tenecteplase versus alteplase to produce early recanalization of an intracranial large vessel occlusion. We compared the performance of each thrombolytic in a stroke network.

Methods: We queried our prospectively collected code stroke registry for basilar, internal carotid, or proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis from 11/17/2021-9/16/2023.

Neurological outcomes for patients meeting radiographic criteria for DEFUSE 3 and SELECT2.

Background: The DEFUSE 3 and SELECT2 thrombectomy trials included some patients with similar radiographic profiles, although the rates of good functional outcomes differed widely between the studies.

Objective: To report neurological outcomes for patients who meet CT and CT perfusion (CTP) inclusion criteria common to both DEFUSE 3 and SELECT2.

Methods: Retrospective study of thrombectomy patients, presenting between November 2016 and December 2023 to a large health system, with Alberta Stroke Program Early CT score ≥6, core infarction 50-69 mL, mismatch ratio ≥1.

Predictors of devastating functional outcome despite successful basilar thrombectomy.

Background: Basilar thrombosis frequently leads to poor functional outcomes, even with good endovascular reperfusion. We studied factors associated with severe disability or death in basilar thrombectomy patients achieving revascularization.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed records from a health system's code stroke registry, including successful basilar thrombectomy patients from January 2017 to May 2023 who were evaluated with pretreatment computed tomography perfusion.

The Charlotte Large artery occlusion Endovascular therapy Outcome Score predicts independent outcome after thrombectomy.

Background And Purpose: Predicting functional outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is of interest to patients and families as they navigate hospital and post-acute care decision-making. We evaluated the prognostic ability of several scales to predict good neurological function after EVT.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed records from a health system's code stroke registry, including consecutive successful thrombectomy patients from August 2020 to February 2023 presenting with an anterior circulation large vessel occlusion who were evaluated with pre-EVT CT perfusion.

Retrospective Analysis of Catheter-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection: Relationship to Stroke Diagnosis.

Aims: The objective of this study was to determine if a diagnosis of stroke was associated with a higher incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Secondary aims included examining the effect of healthcare-related variables including antibiotic and steroid use, length of stay before catheter insertion, and duration of catheter use on the incidence of CAUTI in stroke patients.

Design: This was a retrospective chart review analysis set in a large teaching hospital in the Southeastern United States.