Role of dyslipidemia in ischemic stroke patients treated in the telestroke network.

Purpose: The relationship between the telestroke technology and clinical risk factors in a dysplipidemic ischemic stroke population and neurologic outcomes is not fully understood. This issue was investigated in this study.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed retrospective data collected from a regional stroke registry to identify demographic and clinical risk factors in patients with improving (NIHSS ​≤ ​7) or worsening (NIHSS ​> ​7) neurologic outcome in dyslipidemic ischemic stroke population.

Comorbidities associated with different levels of total cholesterol in male and female acute ischemic stroke patients.

Men and women differ in their clinical risk factors with respect to various predictors of severity in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). High cholesterol is a risk factor for AIS and the mechanism by which high cholesterol levels lead to an AIS is well established. However, the specific relationship between demographic, clinical risk factors, total cholesterol, and the resulting gender difference in AIS patients is yet to be investigated.

MRI Brain Changes After Marathon Running: Results of the Berlin Beat of Running Study.

Several studies report neurological complications such as brain injury induced by ischemia or edema following exhaustive endurance sport. We aimed to detect the frequency of acute brain lesions after a marathon race. In the prospective observational Berlin Beat of Running study, 110 experienced endurance athletes underwent 3-Tesla brain MRI exams 2-3 days prior and within 2 days after a marathon run.

A student-centered intervention program to educate and retain knowledge in stroke education and healthy habits.

The goal of the stroke intervention programs was to increase knowledge in stroke awareness and healthy habits. Most of the existing school-based didactic stroke education intervention programs have not been very effective in improving learned information. We developed a student-centered or active learning educational pedagogy to improve the retention of learned knowledge on stroke issues and healthy habits.

Thrombolysis Therapy in Specialized and Non-specialized Stroke Units.

Background: The benefits of a special stroke care unit (SSCU) over a non-specialized stroke care unit (NSSCU) is well documented in the literature. However, there are concerns that the benefits seen in the SSCU do not consider clinical risk factors that affect thrombolysis therapy.

Method: Retrospective data were collected from a stroke registry between January 1, 2010-June 30, 2016.