2020
Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jasne AS, Chojecka P, Maran I, Mageid R, Eldokmak M, Zhang Q, Nystrom K, Vlieks K, Askenase M, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Wira CR, Lleva P, Zeevi N, Narula R, Amin H, Navaratnam D, Loomis C, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Hebert R, Matouk C, Krumholz HM, Spudich S, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Sharma R. Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stroke 2020, 51: 2664-2673. PMID: 32755347, PMCID: PMC7446978, DOI: 10.1161/str.0000000000000347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusBrain IschemiaCohort StudiesComorbidityConnecticutCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DyslipidemiasEmergency Medical ServicesEthnicityFemaleHumansHypertensionIncomeInsurance, HealthIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexStrokeSubstance-Related DisordersTelemedicineThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyTime-to-TreatmentConceptsComprehensive stroke centerStroke codePatient characteristicsStroke severityStroke code patientsHistory of hypertensionStroke-like symptomsCoronary artery diseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPatient-level dataLower median household incomePublic health initiativesDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicRace/ethnicityCode patientsHospital presentationPublic health insuranceRankin ScaleStroke centersArtery diseaseReperfusion timeStroke symptomsEarly outcomesConnecticut hospitals
2013
Predictors of Hematoma Volume in Deep and Lobar Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Falcone GJ, Biffi A, Brouwers HB, Anderson CD, Battey TW, Ayres AM, Vashkevich A, Schwab K, Rost NS, Goldstein JN, Viswanathan A, Greenberg SM, Rosand J. Predictors of Hematoma Volume in Deep and Lobar Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage. JAMA Neurology 2013, 70: 988-994. PMID: 23733000, PMCID: PMC3808840, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.98.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLobar intracerebral hemorrhageIntensity of anticoagulationIntracerebral hemorrhageICH volumeHematoma volumeIndependent predictorsLobar supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhageProspective cohort studyCoronary artery diseaseSupratentorial intracerebral hemorrhageMedian ICH volumePrimary ICH patientsComputed tomography scanMultivariable linear regressionAcademic medical centerIntracerebral hemorrhage volumeLobar hemorrhageAntiplatelet treatmentRadiological outcomesArtery diseaseCohort studyDeep hemorrhagesICH locationICH patientsMale sex