ALLMedicine™ Stroke Prevention Guidelines Center

May 28th, 2021 - To investigate sex and race differences in the association between fasting blood glucose (FBG) and risk of ischemic stroke (IS). This prospective longitudinal cohort study included adults age ≥45 years at baseline in the Reasons for Geographic And...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Stroke prevention guidelines for sickle cell anemia (SCA) recommend transcranial Doppler (TCD) screening to identify children at stroke risk; however, TCD screening implementation remains poor. This report describes results from Part 1 of the 28-s...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Stroke is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. While age-adjusted stroke mortality was falling, it has leveled off in recent years due in part to advances in medical technology, health care options, and popula...

Jan 28th, 2019 - In 2010, we published our stroke prevention clinic's performance as compared to Canadian stroke prevention guidelines. We now compare our clinic's adherence with guidelines to our previous results, following the implementation of an electronic doc...

Jan 17th, 2017 - The current study is designed in order to investigate the effect of nurse-led care (the supportive and educational measurements by nurses) on stability time in therapeutic range of INR in ischemic stroke patients receiving Warfarin. In this quasi-...

Sep 9th, 2019 - Oral anticoagulation is the therapy of choice for primary stroke prevention in patients with AFib and one additional major risk factor or two additional minor risk factors, and secondary stroke prevention for patients with AFib (no additional risk...

Feb 12th, 2015 - Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet wa...

Jan 15th, 2015 - Physical Inactivity The Basics • Physical activity is recommended • Healthy adults: moderate- to vigorous-intensity aerobic activity at least 40 minutes per day, 3-4 days per week The Bottom Line: Many observational studies have shown the benefit ...

Jan 15th, 2015 - Genetic Factors • Family history is useful. • Rare genetic causes of stroke: consider genetic counseling. • Fabry disease: consider enzyme replacement therapy; note that effectiveness is unknown. • ≥2 first-degree relatives with subarachnoid hemor...

Jan 15th, 2015 - Introduction On October 28, 2014, new guidelines[1] for the primary prevention of stroke were released by the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA), updating the previous guidelines from 2011. The report points out tha...