Wake-up strokes (WUS) are strokes with unknown exact time of onset as they are noted on
awakening by the patients. They represent 20% of all ischemic strokes. The …

Wake-up stroke (WUS) is a subgroup of ischemic stroke in which patients show no
abnormality before sleep while wake up with neurological deficits. In addition to the …

Wake-up stroke (WUS) or ischemic stroke occurring during sleep accounts for 14%–29.6%
of all ischemic strokes. Management of WUS is complicated by its narrow therapeutic time …

Background Stroke symptoms noticed upon waking, wake-up stroke, account for up to a
quarter of all acute ischemic strokes. Patients with wake-up stroke, however, are often …

Background and Purpose—Approximately one fourth of stroke occur during sleep. Despite
the clinical and radiological similarities between wake-up stroke (WUS) and non-WUS, the …

Background Wake-up stroke (WUS) accounts for up to 29.6% of ischemic strokes, but its
mechanisms are poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors and …

Wake-up stroke, defined as the situation where a patient awakens with stroke symptoms that
were not present prior to falling asleep, represents roughly 1 in 5 acute ischemic strokes and …

Results The initial search yielded 881 articles, of which 36 were deemed potentially eligible.
Eleven were retained for inclusion. 7– 18 Reasons for exclusion were nontreatment studies …

Background: Reports on differences between patients with and without wake-up stroke are
inconsistent. We studied the proportion, characteristics, and outcomes of wake-up ischemic …

About 25% of all strokes occur during sleep, ie, without knowledge of exact time of symptom
onset. According to licensing criteria, this large group of patients is excluded from treatment …