A trio of litigators convinced a Colquitt County Superior Court judge to award a $1.15 million medical-malpractice wrongful ...

More people are surviving stroke to experience its long-term consequences, but outcomes in people living more >10 years after stroke have not been described in detail. Methods Data were collected for ...

Knowledge gaps exist in how we implement aerobic exercise programs during the early phases post-stroke. Therefore, the objective of this review was to provide evidence-based guidelines for ...

Background A pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (pTIPS) reduces mortality in high-risk patients with cirrhosis (Child-Pugh C/B+active bleeding) with acute variceal bleeding (AVB ...

Introduction: Outcomes after thrombolysis with alteplase (tPA) versus tenecteplase (TNK) prior to endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) have not been directly compared in real-world data (RWD). We leveraged ...

Flying After a TIA or a Stroke As it turns out, a history of stroke does not pose danger to the brain during an airline flight, and therefore, a past stroke is not a contraindication to flying on an ...

Introduction: Intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase (tPA) or tenecteplase (TNK) is a first-line treatment for acute ischemic stroke. The most serious risk associated with IV thrombolytics is ...

Stroke Warning Sign Acronyms Drive 911 Calls, F.A.S.T. Leads in Symptom Recall for Public Jan. 30, 2025 — Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a ...

TPA is hosting a job fair on Wednesday, January 29, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. They say they are looking to hire almost 400 people for technical and nontechnical jobs at the airport. The hiring surge at ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine why patients with ischemic stroke did not receive IV TPA and assess the availability of this therapy to patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS: Consecutive patients with ...

What are the signs and symptoms of a stroke? The signs and symptoms of a stroke are the same for both men and women. Symptoms can happen suddenly or they can come and go over a few days. The main ...

Reperfusion therapies are the mainstay of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatments and overall improve functional outcome. Among the established complications of intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen ...