Reducing door-to-needle times using Toyota's lean manufacturing principles and value stream analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To date, studies on neonatal stroke have mainly focused on cortical stroke. We have focused on perforator strokes, noncortical strokes in the arterial vascular perforator area. We sought to identify risk factors and evaluate clinical presentation and neuroimaging findings for neonatal perforator ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ecury-Goossen GM,Raets MM,Lequin M,Feijen-Roon M,Govaert P,Dudink J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between minor ST-T abnormalities and stroke incidence has not been well elucidated. We sought to examine the relationship between nonspecific minor or major ST-T abnormalities and the incidence of stroke among Japanese men and women. METHODS:A 15.4-year prospective study was cond...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ohira T,Iso H,Imano H,Kitamura A,Sato S,Nakagawa Y,Naito Y,Sankai T,Tanigawa T,Yamagishi K,Iida M,Shimamoto T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebral small vessel disease reflected by white matter lesions (WMLs) in MRI and kidney function reflected by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is closely associated in patients without stroke. We studied whether eGFR and WMLs predict long-term survival in patients with acute stroke. ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Oksala NK,Salonen T,Strandberg T,Oksala A,Pohjasvaara T,Kaste M,Karhunen PJ,Erkinjuntti T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of aggressive mechanical clot disruption (AMCD) in acute stroke patients with persisting middle cerebral artery (MCA) or internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion after thrombolytic therapy. METHODS:Retrospective case series were used from a prospective...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Noser EA,Shaltoni HM,Hall CE,Alexandrov AV,Garami Z,Cacayorin ED,Song JK,Grotta JC,Campbell MS 3rd

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To elucidate how the motor pathways rewire the denervated tissue after stroke, we investigated remodeling of the corticospinal tract (CST) in transgenic mice with yellow fluorescent protein CST labeling in conjunction with transsynaptic pseudorabies virus retrograde tracing. METHODS:Adult male C...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Liu Z,Zhang RL,Li Y,Cui Y,Chopp M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Acceleration of healing mechanisms is a promising approach to improve current limitations of endovascular aneurysm therapy with the use of platinum coils. We evaluated a new endovascular therapeutic, bioabsorbable polymeric material (BPM), which may promote cellular reaction in the aneurysms. ME...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Murayama Y,Viñuela F,Tateshima S,Gonzalez NR,Song JK,Mahdavieh H,Iruela-Arispe L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To assess the role of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene variants as risk factors for early atherosclerosis, we sought to investigate whether two polymorphisms located in the exon 7 (Glu298-->Asp) and in the promoter region (T-786-->C) of the eNOS gene were associated with function...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Paradossi U,Ciofini E,Clerico A,Botto N,Biagini A,Colombo MG

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Risk-standardized hospital readmission rates are used as publicly reported measures reflecting quality of care. Valid risk-standardized models adjust for differences in patient-level factors across hospitals. We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to identify models that com...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Lichtman JH,Leifheit-Limson EC,Jones SB,Watanabe E,Bernheim SM,Phipps MS,Bhat KR,Savage SV,Goldstein LB

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Type 2 diabetes is associated with a high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recent advances of intervention studies in type 2 diabetes with use of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurement as a surrogate end point may allow for better understanding of the undetermined process of ath...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Yokoyama H,Katakami N,Yamasaki Y

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To test the safety and recanalization efficacy of intra-arterial local delivery of plasminogen activators in acute ischemic stroke, a randomized trial of recombinant pro-urokinase (rpro-UK) versus placebo was undertaken in patients with angiographically documented proximal middle cerebral artery ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： del Zoppo GJ,Higashida RT,Furlan AJ,Pessin MS,Rowley HA,Gent M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1 (ACST-1), 3120 patients with tight asymptomatic carotid stenosis were randomly assigned to medical treatment alone or to carotid endarterectomy and appropriate medication. Successful carotid endarterectomy significantly reduced 10-year stroke risk in yo...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： den Hartog AG,Halliday AW,Hayter E,Pan H,Kong X,Moll FL,de Borst GJ,Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial Collaborators.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to investigate the direct costs of acute hospitalization for patients with first-ever ischemic stroke in Taiwan. METHODS:Data were prospectively collected from 360 first-ever ischemic stroke patients. Hospital charges were used for analysis. Multiple linear regression analysis was used...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Chang KC,Tseng MC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A significant number of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage are active smokers and at risk for acute nicotine withdrawal. There is conflicting literature regarding the vascular effects of nicotine and theoretical concern that it may worsen vasospasm. The literature on the safety of n...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Carandang RA,Barton B,Rordorf GA,Ogilvy CS,Sims JR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using in vivo brain microdialysis, we studied amino acid release in the striatum and cortex of eight rats following permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion. We then processed all brains for histopathologic assessment of the volume of ischemic damage 4 hours after occlusion. Ischemic damage was varied by occlusion o...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Butcher SP,Bullock R,Graham DI,McCulloch J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Methods of performing and reporting randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are available, but weaknesses still occur. For observational studies, methodology is less well described, and weaknesses are even more likely. In recent guidelines for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), 25% of treatme...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： van der Schaaf IC,Ruigrok YM,Rinkel GJ,Algra A,van Gijn J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Guidelines advocate screening all acute stroke patients for dysphagia. However, limited data are available regarding how many and which patients are screened and how failing a swallowing screen affects patient outcomes. We sought to evaluate predictors of receiving dysphagia screening after acute...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Joundi RA,Martino R,Saposnik G,Giannakeas V,Fang J,Kapral MK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolysate (10(-5)-10(-2) times dilution; original hemoglobin concentration was 0.83 +/- 0.10 X 10(-3)M) evoked the contraction in a dose dependent manner, and this contraction was composed of low and high sensitive responses as estimated from the Eadie-Hofstee's plot. Indomethacin (10(-7)-10(-5)M) inhibited the l...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Fujiwara S,Kuriyama H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the potential of 2-MHz pulsed-wave transorbital Doppler ultrasonography to delineate the role of the ophthalmic artery as a source of collateral cerebral blood supply by comparing oculopneumoplethysmography, transorbital Doppler ultrasonography, periorbital continuous-wave Doppler ultrasonography, and tran...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Schneider PA,Rossman ME,Bernstein EF,Ringelstein EB,Otis SM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the pattern and outcome of strokes in 200 Saudi patients. Cerebral infarction constituted 87% of strokes, subarachnoid hemorrhage 4.5%, cerebral hemorrhage 6.5%, and venous infarction 2%. The vessel most commonly involved was part or all of the middle cerebral artery, constituting 52% (90) of the 174 arteri...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Yaqub BA,Shamena AR,Kolawole TM,Patel PJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to assess the dose-response relationship between vigorous physical activity (running distance, km/d) and the participant-reported physician-diagnosed stroke. METHODS:Age-adjusted survival analysis of 29 279 men and 12 123 women followed prospectively for 7.7 years. ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Williams PT

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of new treatments by examining the changes between 1990 to 1991 and 2000 to 2001 in in-hospital mortality rates and hospital charges in adult patients with stroke. METHODS:From the Nationwide Inpatient Survey, the largest all-payer inpatient c...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Qureshi AI,Suri MF,Nasar A,Kirmani JF,Ezzeddine MA,Divani AA,Giles WH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Copeptin has been associated with recurrent cerebrovascular events after transient ischemic attack (TIA). In an independent cohort, we evaluated copeptin for the prediction of recurrent cerebrovascular events within 3 months after TIA and assessed the incremental value of copeptin compared with t...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： De Marchis GM,Weck A,Audebert H,Benik S,Foerch C,Buhl D,Schuetz P,Jung S,Seiler M,Morgenthaler NG,Mattle HP,Mueller B,Christ-Crain M,Arnold M,Katan M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Robust measures of functional outcome are required to determine treatment effects in stroke trials. Of the various measures available, the Barthel index (BI) is one of the more prevalent. We aimed to describe validity, reliability, and responsiveness (clinimetric properties) of the BI in stroke t...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Quinn TJ,Langhorne P,Stott DJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is debate regarding the approach for analysis of modified Rankin scale scores, the most common functional outcome scale used in acute stroke trials. METHODS:We propose to use tests to assess treatment differences addressing the metric, "if a patient is chosen at random from each treatment ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Howard G,Waller JL,Voeks JH,Howard VJ,Jauch EC,Lees KR,Nichols FT,Rahlfs VW,Hess DC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to report on the use of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography as a noninvasive diagnostic monitoring tool during local intra-arterial thrombolysis in a patient with acute embolic occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. CASE DESCRIPTION:We describe a 41-year-old woman wit...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Karnik R,Stelzer P,Slany J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Acute cocaine use has been temporally associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This study analyzes the impact of cocaine use on patient presentation, complications, and outcomes. METHODS:Data of patients admitted with aSAH between 1991 and 2009 were reviewed to determine impact...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Chang TR,Kowalski RG,Caserta F,Carhuapoma JR,Tamargo RJ,Naval NS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is scant population-based information on incidence and risk factors for ischemic stroke subtypes. METHODS:We identified all 454 residents of Rochester, Minn, with a first ischemic stroke between 1985 and 1989 from the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records linkage system. We used S...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Petty GW,Brown RD Jr,Whisnant JP,Sicks JD,O'Fallon WM,Wiebers DO

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Previously published meta-analyses exploring the effect of statins on stroke incidence included 20,000 patients and found a 2% to 30% risk reduction. It is not clear whether this is attributable to low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction. Statin trials have now included >90,000 pati...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Amarenco P,Labreuche J,Lavallée P,Touboul PJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is little data regarding the cost of pediatric stroke care or the elements that contribute to these costs. We examined costs for poststroke care during the first year after diagnosis and compared these costs with the volume of the cerebral infarct and the level of neurological and functiona...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Lo W,Zamel K,Ponnappa K,Allen A,Chisolm D,Tang M,Kerlin B,Yeates KO

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum microelectrodes were used to measure H2 clearance in mouse brain, and the clearance curves were used to calculate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). The curves were usually biexponential, whether or not electrode placement was confined to the cortex. When calculated by the height over area method, rCBF in a...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Rosenblum WI

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00