February 26th 2024
At 3 months following ischemic stroke, lower mean oxygen saturation but not apnea-hypopnea index was associated with functional deficits, according to a French research team.
Upper Extremity Swelling in a Smoker
April 1st 2007A 57-year-old woman presents with swelling of the hands that began several weeks earlier and is now worsening. She denies joint pain, and she has no history of trauma or significant vascular disease. She has had pneumonia several times; each episode was successfully treated with antibiotics. She has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for the past 20 years
Making Sense Out of an Alphabet Soup of Hypertension Treatment Studies
April 1st 2007Numerous randomized trials have evaluated antihypertensive regimens in various settings, including those complicated by at least one other vascular disorder. Among these trials are the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study in hypertensive patients with kidney disease; the Comparison of AMlodipine versus Enalapril to Limit Occurrences of Thrombosis (CAMELOT) Study and the INternational VErapamil-trandolapril STudy (INVEST) in patients with hypertension and coronary disease; and the Perindopril pROtection aGainst REcurrence of Stroke Study (PROGRESS) in hypertensive patients who have had a stroke.
ASA: Intracranial Thrombolytics Prompt Dramatic Stroke Response
February 12th 2007SAN FRANCISCO -- A quarter of stroke patients given the thrombolytic Activase (tPA, Alteplase) in a six-hour intra-arterial window, twice the intravenous window, had a seemingly miraculous recovery within 24 hours, researchers said here.
ASA: tPA Increasingly Common for Childhood Stroke
February 8th 2007SAN FRANCISCO -- Activase (alteplase, tPA), the thrombolytic tissue plasminogen activator, is increasingly being used for childhood ischemic stroke even though it has only been evaluated for safety and efficacy in adults and there are no pediatric guidelines, researchers said here.
Air Pollution Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Events and Death in Postmenopausal Women
January 31st 2007SEATTLE -- Fine-particulate air pollution over time significantly increased the risk of a first heart attack or stroke, as well as cardiac mortality, in postmenopausal women, researchers here reported.
Genentech Warns of Stroke Risk with Higher Dose Lucentis
January 29th 2007SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- The 0.5 mg dose of Lucentis (ranibizumab injection), the targeted therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, is associated with a significantly higher risk of stroke than the 0.3 mg dose (P=0.02), according to Genentech.