2021
Excess Cerebrovascular Mortality in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sharma R, Kuohn LR, Weinberger DM, Warren JL, Sansing LH, Jasne A, Falcone G, Dhand A, Sheth KN. Excess Cerebrovascular Mortality in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stroke 2021, 52: 563-572. PMID: 33430638, PMCID: PMC7834664, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.031975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency medical servicesCerebrovascular deathCOVID-19 deathsCerebrovascular mortalityCOVID-19 pandemicStroke-related deathCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicFirst COVID-19 deathDisease 2019 pandemicPublic health measuresHealth Statistics dataPoisson regression modelsCumulative COVID-19 deathsAcute strokeStroke deathsVascular pathologyEMS callsMedical careHealth measuresNew York CityMortalityDeathMedical servicesWeeksRegression analysis
2018
History of Intracranial Hemorrhage Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytics
Sommaruga S, Chu S, Hwang D, Dearborn J, Sansing L, Cord B, Santarosa C, Samarth G, Petersen N, Gilmore E, Schindler J, Bijlenga P, Schaller K, Matouk C, Sheth K, Falcone G. History of Intracranial Hemorrhage Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolytics. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery 2018, 79: s1-s27. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1660745.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Rate of Contrast Extravasation on Computed Tomographic Angiography Predicts Hematoma Expansion and Mortality in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Brouwers HB, Battey TW, Musial HH, Ciura VA, Falcone GJ, Ayres AM, Vashkevich A, Schwab K, Viswanathan A, Anderson CD, Greenberg SM, Pomerantz SR, Ortiz CJ, Goldstein JN, Gonzalez RG, Rosand J, Romero JM. Rate of Contrast Extravasation on Computed Tomographic Angiography Predicts Hematoma Expansion and Mortality in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke 2015, 46: 2498-2503. PMID: 26243220, PMCID: PMC4550492, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.009659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary intracerebral hemorrhageHematoma expansionContrast extravasationIntracerebral hemorrhageSpot signExtravasation rateTomographic angiographyConsecutive intracerebral hemorrhage patientsML/minContrast extravasation rateAcute intracerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhage patientsMultivariable logistic regressionRate of bleedingIntracerebral hemorrhage volumeSpot sign presenceHospital mortalityMultivariable analysisHemorrhage patientsPostcontrast CTHemorrhage volumeSemiautomated softwareMortalityLogistic regressionHemorrhage
2012
Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality
Battey TW, Falcone GJ, Ayres AM, Schwab K, Viswanathan A, McNamara KA, DiPucchio ZY, Greenberg SM, Sheth KN, Goldstein JN, Rosand J. Confounding by Indication in Retrospective Studies of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Antiepileptic Treatment and Mortality. Neurocritical Care 2012, 17: 361-366. PMID: 22965324, PMCID: PMC3707622, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9776-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntroductionIntracerebral hemorrhageAED treatmentAntiepileptic drugsCohort of patientsAntiepileptic treatmentRankin scoreICH locationIntracerebral hemorrhageRetrospective studyHemorrhage locationClinicians' decisionsResultsMultivariate analysisRetrospective analysisSupratentorial regionFatal diseaseConclusionThese resultsMortalityPatientsConflicting resultsTreatmentTreatment effectsHemorrhageCohortAssociationAdequate power