Tag: CSC
Study indicates updated stroke evaluation protocols increase patient access to thrombectomy...
Changing standard procedures for evaluating and treating patients with suspected stroke has led to improved access to lifesaving stroke surgery across the US state...
Stroke risk linked to climate, financial and medical vulnerability in US...
Worsening air quality and temperature extremes are linked to increased stroke burden, according to a study presented at this year’s Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery...
Thrombolysis appears less effective in tandem-lesion stroke patients presenting directly to...
Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) prior to a mechanical thrombectomy procedure appears to be less effective in ischaemic stroke patients with carotid-artery tandem lesions, as compared...
Stroke transfer protocols: what does the road ahead look like?
A number of somewhat conflicting studies have been published over the past year regarding triage and transport protocols for stroke. In light of the...
US neurointerventionists argue recent data “affirm” benefits of direct stroke triage
In an editor's column published recently in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS), leading members of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) have argued that the entire body...
Latest TRIAGE-STROKE and RACECAT data put the brakes on alternative stroke...
Recently published data from two large randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have indicated there may be minimal benefits—or even negative effects—associated with bypassing local or...
US registry study reveals 75% of acute stroke patients wait more...
A new study led by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine (Chicago, USA) has revealed that nearly 75% of acute stroke patients wait more than...
Elevating stroke care: Navigating the transition from primary to comprehensive centres
In a guest piece for NeuroNews, Thomas Devlin (Chattanooga, USA) and Michelle Luffey advise the community on how best to navigate the transition from...
Research indicates women are less likely to be routed to comprehensive...
Despite having worse stroke symptoms and living within comparable distances to comprehensive stroke centres (CSCs), women with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischaemic stroke...
Trial underway involving neurointerventionist “retaliated against” for refusing concurrent on-call shifts
The opening statements and presentation of evidence are set for 10am PST today in a lawsuit involving claims that a medical doctor and his...
New AHA statement should be seen as “call to action” in...
A new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement provides guidance on staffing, leadership and resource requirements for hospital stroke centres, with the intention of...
Hospitals without high-level designation more likely to miss strokes following TAVI...
A study conducted by Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor, USA) researchers suggests that hospitals without the highest stroke care designation may be missing strokes that...
