Despite significant strides in clinical practice, stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death
and a leading case of disability within the United States. 1 Stroke outcomes are influenced …

Objective To examine sociodemographic and clinical characteristics independently
associated with discharge home compared with discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) …

In general, around 80% of all strokes are ischemic. Take caring of the patients who have
suffered an ischemic stroke is both expensive and time consuming. It is known that …

Objective: To determine whether statin use is associated with improved discharge
disposition after ischemic stroke. Methods: We used generalized ordinal logistic regression …

Background: The objective of this study was to characterize the comorbidities in a population
of patients with an acute ischaemic stroke, comparing patients that received recombinant …

Nneka Lotea Ifejika is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and
section chief of stroke rehabilitation at the University of Texas Southwestern (UT …

Rationale Swipe out Stroke (SOS) examines the use of a smartphone-based mobile
application to reduce obesity in high-risk minority stroke patients. At record-high levels in the …

Background Intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator remains the only approved
therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in the United States; however, less than 10% of …

OBJECTIVE: To test the role of hospital-acquired symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI)
as an independent predictor of discharge disposition in the acute stroke patient. STUDY …

Background and purpose Discharge status and acute re-hospitalization are used as
indicators of stroke severity and recovery. Intravenous t-PA (tissue plasminogen activator) is …