[PDF] Top 20 Endovascular Management of Acute Stroke in the Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

... comes, indicating substantial heterogeneity. Marked variability in patient imaging and clinical inclusion and exclusion criteria across studies may have contributed to this heterogeneity. The 2 studies that reported the ... See full document

... [4–6]. Stroke, the leading cause of death and disability, is the third most common disease worldwide ...a stroke is substantially af- ...a stroke and ischemic ...ischemic stroke in people with ... See full document

... We evaluated the risk of bias for each included study using the criteria of The Cochrane Collaboration [18]. The following domains of bias were considered: selec- tion (random sequence generation, allocation conceal- ... See full document

... this systematic review: Ten retrospective studies, 10 prospective studies and one non-randomized phase 2 ...of acute leukemia are largely observational and highly ... See full document

... Our review shows the potential of strategies aiming to prevent infections in patients with ...in stroke unit care, which reduces the risk of death after stroke through the prevention of infections in ... See full document

... Lack of adherence to medications, poor knowledge of inhaler technique, triggers, and disease are major contri- butors in the inadequate management of asthma. 19 Basically, it is pertinent to mention that much of ... See full document

... Limitations of this study include heterogeneity in the studies that met inclusion criteria for meta-analyses as well as evidence of publication bias for recanalization rate. Furthermore, most of the studies ... See full document

... ischaemic stroke model, not global; (ii) treatment was given for an acute model (within 48 hours), not chronic; (iii) only cannabinoid ligands were given; (iv) there was a control group; (v) there were ... See full document

... initial stroke severity categorized by the baseline average NIHSS score and the type of anesthesia (general anesthesia versus conscious ...sensitivity analysis examin- ing the comparative outcomes, ... See full document

... of endovascular therapy com- pared with medical therapy alone [7, 8, 22 – ...for acute ischaemic stroke therapy with the highest evidence (class I, level of evidence A) ...of endovascular ... See full document

... Anaemia on Mortality in Acute Stroke: Analysis of UK Regional Registry Data, Systematic 325. Review, and Meta-Analysis[r] ... See full document

... this review are therefore another potential source of hetero- geneity affecting outcome ...different stroke models, at different timepoints relative to stroke onset and at different ...to ... See full document

... studies, of which 5 were registry based [26-30] . Two used a quasi-experimental design; [31,32] and post intervention data are reported (Figure 2). There was one retrospective review. [33] Europe, [26-28, 31, 32, ... See full document

... and meta-analysis on these 4 studies indicated that there was no significant difference between bevacizumab and placebo with or without combination of other chemotherapeutic ...and ... See full document

... We included randomized controlled trials and quasi- randomized trials (QRTs) with no limitation for age, sex, or country of origin. We defined uncomplicated wounds as wounds that were acute and uninfected. We ... See full document

... (systematic review, system- atic review and meta-analysis, meta-analysis, or network meta-analysis); publication date; number of databases sourced and ... See full document

... initial meta-analysis that assessed pos- sible baseline HbA1c differences between intervention and control ...second meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the pooled difference in HbA1c ... See full document

... a meta-analysis published in 2009, PTAS provided a better prognosis in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis pa- tients than those were treated with angioplasty only ...spective ... See full document

... in elderly, PAM-based inter- ventions have been shown to be feasible and effective in enhancing the level of physical activity ...for elderly to use, and a survey has reported that a third of PAM con- ... See full document

... with acute kidney injury (AKI) or ...Random-effects meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis (TSA) was used for the primary outcome; and meta-analysis for secondary ... See full document