2022
No short-term mortality from benzodiazepine use post-acute ischemic stroke after accounting for bias
Moura L, Yan Z, Donahue M, Smith L, Schwamm L, Hsu J, Newhouse J, Haneuse S, Blacker D, Hernandez-Diaz S. No short-term mortality from benzodiazepine use post-acute ischemic stroke after accounting for bias. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2022, 154: 136-145. PMID: 36572369, PMCID: PMC10033385, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeRisk differenceIschemic strokeBenzodiazepine useShort-term mortalityImmortal time biasElectronic health recordsAIS admissionsBenzodiazepine initiationStroke RegistryPoststroke mortalityTreatment initiationMortality riskPatientsFurther adjustmentMortalityBenzodiazepinesOlder adultsTime biasHealth recordsImmortal timeStrokeRiskDaysContraindications
2014
Impact of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas on mortality and length of hospital stay: difference-in-differences analysis
Morris S, Hunter R, Ramsay A, Boaden R, McKevitt C, Perry C, Pursani N, Rudd A, Schwamm L, Turner S, Tyrrell P, Wolfe C, Fulop N. Impact of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas on mortality and length of hospital stay: difference-in-differences analysis. The BMJ 2014, 349: g4757. PMID: 25098169, PMCID: PMC4122734, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke servicesAcute stroke careHospital stayHyperacute careStroke servicesStroke careHospital Episode Statistics databaseSymptoms of strokePatient-level dataSignificant declineIschemic strokeHospital admissionStayPatientsAbsolute reductionMortalityStrokeMortality dataCareStatistics databaseMonth periodGreater ManchesterAdmissionDaysRisk
2001
Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation
Greer D, Schaefer P, Schwamm L. Unilateral Temporal Lobe Stroke Causing Ischemic Transient Global Amnesia: Role for Diffusion‐Weighted Imaging in the Initial Evaluation. Journal Of Neuroimaging 2001, 11: 317-319. PMID: 11462302, DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00054.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient global amnesiaDiffusion-weighted imagingInitial diffusion-weighted imagingLeft mesial temporal lobeSmall ischemic lesionsApparent diffusion coefficient imagingMesial temporal lobeOnset of symptomsT2-weighted imagingIschemic infarctIschemic lesionsAcute infarctsGlobal amnesiaTemporal lobeInitial evaluationEarly detectionInfarctsLesionsSymptomsImagingMagnetic resonanceDaysIschemiaEmboliPatients