Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality has been declining since the early 20th century.
The reasons for this are not completely understood, although the decline is welcome. As a …

Background and Purpose—The purpose of this statement is to delineate basic expectations
regarding primary palliative care competencies and skills to be considered, learned, and …

В учебном пособии рассматриваются вопросы здорового образа жизни и
профилактики многих наиболее распространенных и социально значимых …

Importance Earlier administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in acute
ischemic stroke is associated with reduced mortality by the time of hospital discharge and …

Objectives: The Society of Critical Care Medicine and four other major critical care
organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements about …

Objective: To determine the extent that demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities,
and complications contribute to the risk of in-hospital mortality and morbidity in acute stroke …

Background—A predictive model of stroke mortality may be useful for clinicians to improve
communication with and care of hospitalized patients. Our aim was to identify predictors of …

Background and Purpose—Several risk factors are known to increase mid-and long-term
mortality of ischemic stroke patients. Information on predictors of early stroke mortality is …

Background The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), a well‐validated tool for
assessing initial stroke severity, has previously been shown to be associated with mortality …

Importance Current guidelines recommend against use of intravenous alteplase in patients
with acute ischemic stroke who are taking non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants …