Impact of different methods defining post-stroke neurocognitive disorder: The Nor-COAST study.

Introduction: Post-stroke neurocognitive disorder (NCD) is common; prevalence varies between studies, partially related to lack of consensus on how to identify cases. The aim was to compare the prevalence of post-stroke NCD using only cognitive assessment (model A), DSM-5 criteria (model B), and the Global Deterioration Scale (model C) and to determine agreement among the three models.

Methods: In the Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke study, 599 patients were assessed 3 months after suffering a stroke.

Codeine is associated with poor prognosis in acute stroke.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate how the use of analgesics, sleeping drugs, and sedatives relates to prognosis and complications in stroke patients in the acute care phase (≤48 hr) after a stroke.

Materials And Methods: Patients with ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and transient ischemic attack were included. The study is based on gathering of data on medication from 921 patient records belonging to patients included in the Bergen NORSTROKE registry, 12.

U-curve relation between cholesterol and prior ischemic stroke.

Objectives: Previous prospective studies on ischemic stroke patients have shown conflicting results concerning the association between cholesterol level and patient outcome. We aimed to investigate the relation between cholesterol level and prior ischemic stroke. We hypothesized that acute ischemic stroke patients with increased cholesterol on admission more frequently had experienced prior ischemic stroke.