Intravenous administration of tissue-type plasminogen activator (IV tPA) therapy has long
been considered a mainstay in ischemic stroke management. However, patients respond to …

Study objective Confusion, uremia, elevated respiratory rate, hypotension, and aged 65
years or older (CURB-65) is a clinical prediction rule intended to stratify patients with …

Acute ischemic stroke is a neurological emergency with a high likelihood of morbidity,
mortality, and long-term disability. Modern stroke care involves multidisciplinary …

Background: The prognosis of stroke patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) is
commonly regarded to be poor. However, only limited data regarding outcome predictors …

Background Most prognostic studies in acute stroke patients requiring invasive mechanical
ventilation are outdated and have limitations such as single-center retrospective designs …

Objectives: The Sepsis III clinical criteria for the diagnosis of sepsis rely on scores derived to
predict inhospital mortality. In this study, we introduce the novel outcome of “received critical …

Background and Purpose: At present, stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis
(IVT) undergo monitoring of their neurological status and vital signs every 15 minutes for the …

Objective To investigate changes in emergency department (ED) transfers for ischemic
stroke (IS) and TIA. Methods We performed a retrospective observational study using the US …

Background Stroke is a major public health problem. Objective To use the Barthel Index to
evaluate basic activities of daily living in stroke survivors and detect any predictors of …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of tirofiban administered at different time points within 24
hours of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase in acute ischemic stroke. Methods Patients …