2013
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke
Kemmling A, Lev MH, Payabvash S, Betensky RA, Qian J, Masrur S, Schwamm LH. Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71141. PMID: 23951094, PMCID: PMC3737185, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemispheric infarctsBrain regionsConsecutive acute stroke patientsConditional logistic regression modelsHospital-Acquired PneumoniaRight hemispheric infarctAcute stroke patientsInsular cortex volumeVolume-based variablesSpecific brain regionsLogistic regression modelsAcquired PneumoniaControl patientsMajor complicationsBrainstem strokeImmune suppressionInfarct sizeStroke patientsAutonomic modulationClinical variablesAdmission imagingInfarct locationUnivariate analysisImmune mechanismsCortex volume
2012
Malignant CTA Collateral Profile Is Highly Specific for Large Admission DWI Infarct Core and Poor Outcome in Acute Stroke
Souza LC, Yoo AJ, Chaudhry ZA, Payabvash S, Kemmling A, Schaefer PW, Hirsch JA, Furie KL, González RG, Nogueira RG, Lev MH. Malignant CTA Collateral Profile Is Highly Specific for Large Admission DWI Infarct Core and Poor Outcome in Acute Stroke. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2012, 33: 1331-1336. PMID: 22383238, PMCID: PMC3888794, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDWI lesion volumeLesion volumeDWI volumeNIHSS scorePoor outcomeHigher median NIHSS scoresROC analysisDWI lesion sizeLarger DWI volumeMedian NIHSS scoreAcute stroke treatmentAdmission NIHSS scoreOnly independent predictorPoor functional outcomeIntracranial ICA occlusionCTA collateralsAcute strokeICA occlusionProximal occlusionIndependent predictorsStroke treatmentInfarct sizeClinical variablesFunctional outcomeInfarct core