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For patients with diabetes

Preadmission SSRI Use Ups Stroke Mortality in Diabetes

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use increases risk for patients hospitalized with stroke
Intraarterial chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancer is tied to a higher incidence of cerebral infarction

Intraarterial Chemo + Radiation May Up Cerebral Infarctions

Findings from comparison with intravenous chemoradiotherapy
For patients in the chronic phase of left hemisphere stroke with aphasia

Integrity of Right Brain Predicts Speech Fluency After Stroke

Findings for patients in chronic phase of left hemisphere stroke with aphasia
Morning home blood pressure is a robust predictor of stroke and coronary artery disease events

Morning Home Blood Pressure Predicts Stroke, CAD Events

Prediction of CAD events more robust with home versus clinic systolic blood pressure
Obese women taking oral contraceptives may be nearly 30 times more likely to develop cerebral venous thrombosis

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Risk Up in Obese Women on OCPs

Better counseling of obese women needed, including consideration of non-hormonal contraceptives
Gastrointestinal bowel obstruction is associated with worse prognosis for patients with acute ischemic stroke

ASA: Certain Factors Up Odds of Post-Stroke Bowel Obstruction

Post-acute ischemic stroke GI bowel obstruction predicts in-hospital complications, disability, death
Stroke survivors receive an average of 22 hours of caregiving per week

ASA: Stroke Caregiving Costs Higher Than Previously Thought

Average annual cost for caregiving for elderly stroke survivor estimated at $11,300
A considerable proportion of patients with stroke develop a seizure

ASA: Long-Term Seizure Risk for Patients With Stroke

Substantial proportion of patients with stroke develop seizure; similar rate to that in TBI patients
For patients with insulin resistance with recent stroke or transient ischemic attack

ASA: Pioglitazone After Stroke, TIA Helpful in Insulin Resistance

Linked to reduction in risk of stroke, myocardial infarction in patients with insulin resistance
Pregnancy at an advanced age is associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke after menopause

ASA: Pregnancy at Advanced Age Ups Hemorrhagic Stroke Risk

After adjustment for multiple variables, significantly increased risk in postmenopausal women