Stroke Snippets

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[Stroke Snippets @strokesnippets]

NHS staff? You can access subscription journal articles for free via your Open Athens account. Get yours here:https://t.co/Vwa2bOhtzP

[SSNAP Audit @SSNAPaudit]

Did you know that we upload different posters and presentations into our website? You can find them here: https://t.co/lCwAL18ePa Hope you enjoy them 🙌😃

[British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians @BIASPstroke]

Review of execution of the BASP strategy 2017-2020 can be viewed here: https://t.co/LRdYJD5jH2 #TakeUpStroke @bleedingstroke @MeadGillian @DrLouiseShaw @UCLStrokeRes @MLDharmasiri @DrTerryQuinn @Deborah71247971 @gerisoc @ABNTrainees @acutemedicine

[International Journal of Stroke @IntJStroke]

The Childhood Stroke Consensus Rehab Guideline provides 56 clinical practice recommendations (1 evidence-based and 55 consensus), relating to the framework of rehab service delivery, as well as domain-specific rehab treatment strategies. @CamStroke

https://t.co/TjmDzzNREn

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

.@richardhorton1, Editor-in-Chief @TheLancet, reflects on 2020 in the below message. We’ve put together a special collection, 2020: our year in review, including our most read 2020 content & special multimedia, including #LancetVoice, for you to explore: https://t.co/jFUf4nGqry

[Medscape Neurology @MedscapeNeuro]

Serious neurologic complications in patients with COVID-19 are not limited to the severely ill, new research confirms. https://t.co/pbooyFqq2Q

[Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) @NHSGIRFT]

ICYMI: In a year dominated by #COVID19 @NHSGIRFT has been working hard to improve patient care & help the NHS restore services

▶️Click here for info on our post-COVID stroke & CVD guides in collaboration with @OxfordAHSN: https://t.co/otcuJhmF9V

@Deborah71247971 @HargrovesDavid

[Stroke Trials @StrokeCliTrials]

- IV alteplase related thrombus migration in ICA or MCA.
- Early thrombus movement is common after IV alteplase. 
- Marked thrombus migration leads to good clinical outcomes.
- These findings confirmed that IV alteplase is lysing small & large thrombi.
@StrokeAHA_ASA
@bijoymenon

[AHA Professional CME @AHA_LLLearning]

Looking for more #stroke education? Launch the Stroke Educational Series: Understanding Stroke and the Care Continuum today! https://t.co/8QhpV9ugEq

[Stroke AHA/ASA @StrokeAHA_ASA]

#STROKE Hospital presentations in long-term survivors of stroke in Australia : Causes and associated factors #StrokePrognosis https://t.co/cRsSMTzJF7

[International Journal of Stroke @IntJStroke]

🗞️Impact of general anesthesia on posterior circulation #LVO after #endovascular thrombectomy @MikelTerceno https://t.co/O7E0GNVpdV @CamStroke '...general anesthesia use is associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with posterior circulation—LVO—treated endovascularly.'

[International Journal of Stroke @IntJStroke]

🗞️RCT of intensive aphasia therapy after acute #stroke: The Very Early Rehabilitation for SpEech #VERSE 💬https://t.co/LvHQjxy8zN

[Elizabeth Lynch @E_A_Lynch]

Delighted our publication available open access Out of sight, out of mind: long-term outcomes for people discharged home/inpatient rehabilitation/resi aged care after stroke @DominiqueCad @NatashaLannin @ALabberton @AndrewNadine @AustStrokeReg @StevenFaux https://t.co/hdqAuJzgkR

[SSNAP Audit @SSNAPaudit]

Would you like to know what SSNAP has been up to during the last 6 months, and and what are our plans for the next half of the year? Check this talk by our Clinical Director: https://t.co/x8eMYRL3Bj

[UK Stroke Forum @UKStrokeForum]

The stroke rehabilitation @rehabresearchuk prize is awarded to Miss Lizzy Flavell from @QSNeurosurgery for the abstract ‘Exploring the interventions currently being used in occupational therapy practice to address post stroke fatigue.’ Congratulations! 👏 #UKSF20

[WAKE-UP @WAKEUPstroke]

Subanalysis of THAWS, the Japanese companion study to #WAKEUPstroke shows treatment effect of intravenous alteplase in unknown onset stroke patients above a certain lesion size: https://t.co/Qh60iU7WOx

[Nick Ward @dr_nickward]

From @DianePlayford at CNR @NeurorehabUCLP seminar - we've known about the benefits of enriched environments for promoting rehab from animal models for decades (see @dalecorbett22) - time to bring it into rehab for people!

[Stroke Association @TheStrokeAssoc]

We still know too little about the causes of fatigue after stroke & how to treat it. @AnnaKuppuswamy, @MeadGillian & @jennpon spoke about their latest research such as on exercise and psychological therapies.

Find out about fatigue after stroke: https://t.co/YBs02daekm
#UKSF2020

[Neurology Today @NeurologyToday]

As of 12/7, there were 14,636,914 total cases of #COVID19 in the US and 281,253 total deaths, according to @CDCgov. Read our latest coverage for tips on how to manage patients with #neurologic conditions during the #pandemic. #neurology https://t.co/6RsiHS3ItY

[Stroke Foundation @strokefdn]

A report released today has found thousands of lives and billions of dollars could be saved annually by preventing stroke and improving access to treatment and care. https://t.co/kKNkA5fbKS #costofstroke2020 @GregHuntMP @Bowenchris @JoshFrydenberg @stuartrobertmp

[Craig J Smith @cjsmithdr]

Fantastic to see this published. Huge thanks to all collaborating UK centres and especially @UCLIoN @UCLStrokeRes #StrokeInfection #COVIDStroke