Risk factors independently associated with the maintenance of severe restriction of oral intake and alternative feeding method indication at hospital outcome in patients after acute ischemic stroke.

Background And Aims: From a clinical point of view, post-stroke patients present difficulties in swallowing management. The purpose of this research was to identify risk factors that were independently related to the maintenance of a severe restriction of oral intake in patients affected by acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: The authors conducted a prospective observational cohort study of patients with dysphagia post-acute ischemic stroke who were admitted to an Emergency Room (ER).

Real-world application of the 2022 diagnostic criteria for first-ever episode of optic neuritis.

Optic neuritis (ON) admits diverse differential diagnoses. Petzold proposed diagnostic criteria for ON in 2022, although real-world application of these criteria is missing. We conducted a retrospective review of patients with ON.

A comparative study of visual outcome in patients with optic neuritis treated with five or seven days of intravenous corticosteroid treatment.

Background: Optic neuritis (ON), a major cause of visual impairment in young adults, is generally associated with rapid visual recovery when treated with intravenous methylprednisolone treatment (IVMPT). However, the optimal duration of such treatment is unknown, ranging from three to seven days in clinical practice. We aimed to compare the visual recovery in patients treated with 5-day or 7-day duration IVMPT.

Anticoagulation and Stroke.

In 2019, the American Heart Association did not recommend the emergent use of anticoagulation to prevent recurrence or progression of acute ischemic stroke. However, its indication in patients with extracranial artery intraluminal thrombus with artery-to-artery cerebral embolization must be analyzed. In this article, we will also discuss other indications of anticoagulation.

Outcomes of acute basilar artery occlusion-real-world experience in a middle-income country.

Objectives: Our goal was to describe outcomes in a single-center, real-world series of patients with acute basilar artery occlusion in a middle-income country. In addition, we assessed potential outcome predictors.

Material And Methods: Data from 28 patients were retrospectively reviewed.

Clinical swallowing prognostic indicators in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Objective: A swallowing disorder is present in more than 50% of patients with acute stroke. To identify clinical prognostic indicators of the swallowing function in a population with acute ischemic stroke and to determine prioritization indicators for swallowing rehabilitation.

Methods: Participants were adults admitted to the emergency room who were diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke.

[Mime functional evaluation in facial paralysis following a stroke].

Background: Functional evaluation of the facial movements in patients with facial paralysis following a stroke.

Aim: To evaluate the function of the facial muscles of patients after central facial paralysis following a stroke.

Method: Nine patients referred by the Neurology Service were evaluated.