Search results for "Stroke"
Closing the gap on osteoporosis
A new clinical guideline from ACP focuses on pharmacologic treatment of primary osteoporosis or low bone mass to prevent fractures in adults.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/05/closing-the-gap-on-osteoporosis.htm
1 May 2023
Latest research on COVID-19 antibodies, cardiac and stroke risks, mortality rates
A monoclonal antibody treatment showed benefit in outpatients, data varied on duration of antibody response, cardiac effects appeared common while strokes were not, and mortality improved, among other recent findings on COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2020
Folic acid supplementation may help prevent first stroke in high-risk patients with hypertension
Among patients with low platelet count and high total homocysteine levels, receiving folic acid reduced the risk of first stroke by 73%, whereas there was no significant effect of folic acid among low-risk patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/08/2.htm
8 May 2018
Help from afar: telemedicine vs. telephone advice for stroke
Experts sparred over whether telephone advice or telemedicine is best during a session at February's International Stroke Conference 2009 in San Diego.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/telestroke.htm
1 Apr 2009
CHA2DS2-VASc modestly predicts ischemic stroke, thromboembolism, death in heart failure patients with and without afib
The poor prognosis of atrial fibrillation for ischemic stroke and death in patients with heart failure was evident, but the observation that additional risk factors in patients with heart failure are particularly significant among those without atrial fibrillation is an important result, authors noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/01/4.htm
1 Sep 2015
A can't-miss cause of resistant hypertension
More than 20% of patients with resistant hypertension have primary aldosteronism, an underrecognized cause of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/a-cant-miss-cause-of-resistant-hypertension.htm
1 May 2021
New ACP Practice Advisor Modules address advance care planning, preventing stroke in afib
Two ACP modules, eligible for CME and Maintenance of Certification Practice Assessment points, offer help for physicians to ensure that patients receive care that is consistent with their values, goals, and preferences and to identify patients with atrial fibrillation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/18/5.htm
18 Jul 2017
Thrombolysis may benefit acute ischemic stroke patients with diabetes and prior stroke
Thrombolysis appeared to benefit patients with acute ischemic stroke who had concomitant diabetes or a history of stroke, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/22/6.htm
22 Nov 2011
Anticoagulant choice for stroke won't be easy for some time
New agents improve upon warfarin, but they are expensive and lack antidotes for urgent reversal. There is no clear winner among the current options, and more are on the way.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/shm.htm
1 Oct 2013
SGLT-2 inhibitors reduced gout flares in patients with diabetes, gout
New users of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors had about half the risk of an ED visit or hospitalization for a gout flare as matched patients taking dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, a cohort analysis found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/25/1.htm
25 Jul 2023