We report a sequential neuroimaging study in a 48-years-old man with a history of chronic hypertension and lacunar strokes involving the ventral lateral posterior nucleus of the thalamus. The patient developed mild hemiparesis and severe contraversive pushing behavior after an acute hemorrhage affecting the right thalamus. Following standard motor physiotherapy, the pusher behavior completely r...

OBJECTIVE This hospital-based prospective study tests the hypothesis that, in a large group of hospitalized elderly patients, those who report functional decline between pre-illness baseline and hospital admission have a higher risk of death. METHODS Nine hundred fifty elderly ambulant patients (F = 69.3%; mean age 78.3 +/- 8.5 years) were consecutively admitted to a geriatric ward (Poliambul...

BACKGROUND It is controversial which component of blood pressure (BP) during acute period of stroke best predicts outcome. We hypothesized that elevated pulse pressure (PP), the difference between systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP), is independently associated with poor stroke outcome at 3 months. METHODS We analyzed both treatment groups from the Glycine Antagonist (Gavestinel) in Neur...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the difference between the clinical effects of nasotracheal suction (NTS) mechanical ventilation and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (CPAP) treatment of cerebral ischemic stroke (IS) induced by sleep apnea. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-three patients diagnosed with cerebral IS caused by sleep apnea from February 2013 to February 2014 were selected for this stu...

Although most current stroke intervention trials use disability scales to determine outcome, little is known about the sensitivity to change of these scales. The use of a more sensitive measure would increase the statistical power of rehabilitation treatment trials. We applied four well-known disability scales to a group of stroke rehabilitation inpatients to compare sensitivity to change. Nine...

OBJECTIVE To compare the responsiveness and predictive validity of the Balance Computerized Adaptive Test (Balance CAT) and the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke patients (PASS) in inpatients with stroke receiving rehabilitation. DESIGN A pre-post test design. SUBJECTS Eighty-five inpatients after stroke. METHODS Effect size d and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used to assess the inter...

BACKGROUND Most patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) exhibit severe comorbidities accompanied by frailty. This study assessed and risk-stratified mortality after infrainguinal bypass (IB) in CLI and investigated the effects of frailty.Methods and Results:The study retrospectively reviewed 107 consecutive CLI patients who had undergone de novo IB due to atherosclerotic disease. Data regard...