by Evelyn Tran, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | May 9, 2022 | Journal Club, Neurology
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Jovin TG, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jan 15;399(10321):249-258. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01341-6. Editorial: Late thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke. Dippel D, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jan 15;399(10321):213-215. Question and Methods: This...
by Renee Bradley, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | May 2, 2022 | Critical Care, Journal Club, Neurology, Neurosurgery
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Post R, et al. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):112-118. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32518-6. Question and Methods: This prospective, multicentre, randomized, controlled, open-label trial investigated whether administering TXA...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 7, 2021 | Featured, Journal Club, Neurology
Methodology: 2.5 5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Grotta JC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Sep 9;385(11):971-981. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103879. Question and Methods: This study investigated if mobile stroke units (MSU) alter outcomes when compared to standard management by emergency...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 4, 2021 | Featured, Journal Club, Neurology
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Perry JJ, et al. BMJ. 2021 Feb 4;372:n49. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n49. Question and methods: This multicenter prospective cohort study validates the Canadian TIA Score and compares it to the ABCD2 and ABCD2i score to identify risk...
by Doran Drew, Josee Malette | May 27, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Thrombosis
Addressing the Controversies Around Thrombolytic Therapy (tPA) In our previous blog post, we reviewed the formative literature supporting the currently used tPA time window. The figure below highlights a summary of the time windows investigated within each study and...
by Doran Drew, Josee Malette, Kate O'Connell | May 20, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Thrombosis
Review of the formative literature of our current tPA time window in Acute Ischemic Stroke After numerous case series and smaller prospective studies suggesting benefit for thrombolytic therapy (tPA), the early 90s ushered in the era of thrombolytic RCTs for acute...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 22, 2021 | Journal Club, Neurology
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Thomalla G, et al. Lancet. 2020 Nov 14;396(10262):1574-1584 Question and Methods: The authors evaluated the role of perfusion-imaging facilitated thrombolysis in strokes of unknown duration by way of a systematic review and...
by Hans Rosenberg | Nov 9, 2020 | Journal Club, Neurology
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Johnston SC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 16;383(3):207-217. Question and Methods: Multicentre, double-blind RCT of ASA vs Ticagrelor-ASA among 11016 patients with high-risk TIA or minor stroke for prevention of stroke/death within 30...
by Evelyn Tran, Pascale King | Jul 16, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology
Status epilepticus (SE) is considered one of the most common neurological emergencies with an estimated incidence of 20 cases/100,000 people worldwide. Just the facts The distribution is bimodal, peaking in patients <1 and >60 years old. In children, the cause...
by Maeghan Fu, Pascale King | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology
Migraine headaches are not a benign disease – they have a significant impact on quality of life, ability to function, and pose a considerable economic and societal burden. Prevalence tends to peak during peoples’ period of highest productivity. ...
