Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major preventable disease that affects hospitalized
inpatients. Risk stratification and prophylactic measures have good evidence supporting …

Identification of individuals with ischemic stroke at particularly high risk of venous
thromboembolism (VTE) is crucial for targeted thromboprophylaxis. To guide clinical …

The social and public health burdens of ischemic stroke have been increasing worldwide. In
addition to focal brain damage, acute ischemic stroke (AIS) provokes systemic abnormalities …

Stroke research has traditionally focused on the cerebral processes following ischemic brain
injury, where oxygen and glucose deprivation incite prolonged activation of excitatory …

Ischemic stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Nurses play a
pivotal role in the care of patients throughout the continuum. With the advances in stroke …

Accurate prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) requires multifaceted information
consisting of not only a patient's medical history, but genomic data, symptoms, lifestyle, and …

We present a systemic review of available literature on the complications of deep venous
thrombosis that develops in patients presenting with acute stroke. There are several …

Background Knowledge on differences in patients who present with deep vein thrombosis
(DVT) and those with pulmonary embolism (PE) is incomplete. Objective To determine …

Background von Willebrand factor (VWF) and its cleaving protease, ADAMTS-13, form a
pivotal axis that regulates hemostasis. However, the role of the VWF-ADAMTS-13 axis in the …

Background and Objectives To test the hypothesis that the age and sex-specific prevalence
of infectious (pneumonia, sepsis, and urinary tract infection [UTI]) and noninfectious (deep …