Results: 55

Palliative approach in acute neurological events: a five-year study

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Acute neurological illness often results in severe disability. Five-year life expectancy is around 40%; half the survivors become completely dependent on outside help. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the symptoms of patients admitted to a Hospital ward with a diagnosis of stroke, subarachnoid...

Manejo da terapia antitrombótica em pacientes com acidentes vascular cerebral: onde estamos em 2018?

O acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) é a maior causa de incapacidade em todo mundo, e atualmente é também considerado como a segunda maior causa de morte no Brasil. O AVC isquêmico é o subtipo mais comum e pode ser subdividido etiologicamente em car-dioembólico, aterosclerótico de grandes ou pequena...

Subprodutos do metabolismo da hemoglobina se associam com resposta inflamatória em pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral hemorrágico

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o relacionamento entre os níveis cerebrais de ferro e heme e a resposta inflamatória sistêmica e no sistema nervoso central, assim como o papel dos sistemas de defesa contra a toxicidade do ferro e do heme, no sistema nervoso central. Métodos: Avaliamos uma coorte prospecti...

Occurrence of Stroke and Reduced Ejection Fraction in Patients with Chagas Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018

Association between executive and food functions in the acute phase after stroke

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate potential associations among executive, physical and food functions in the acute phase after stroke. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that evaluated 63 patients admitted to the stroke unit of a public hospital. The exclusion criteria were other neurological and/or...

Driving and visual deficits in stroke patients

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the present study was to conduct an exploratory assessment of visual impairment following stroke, and to discuss the possibilities of reintroducing patients to the activity of driving. Methods: The Useful Field of View test was used to assess visual processing and visual ...

Unilateral spatial neglect in the acute phase of ischemic stroke can predict long-term disability and functional capacity

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the degree of unilateral spatial neglect during the acute phase of stroke and long-term functional independence. METHODS: This was a prospective study of right ischemic stroke patients in which the independent variable was the degre...

The critical influence of nocturnal breathing complaints on the quality of sleep after stroke: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and STOP-BANG

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (11), 2017
ABSTRACT In stroke patients particularly, many factors, such as sleep-related respiratory disturbances, can impair sleep. Cheap and easy-to-use tools have been created to identify sleep quality and sleep disturbances in patients after stroke. This study described the scores of the sleep apnea screening q...

Cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire-Revised: WFQ-R-Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (10), 2017
ABSTRACT Post-stroke hemiparesis causes compensated postures, which can modify the footedness established before the impairment. Recently, a paresis severity-modulated dominance hypothesis stated that measures to detect footedness become crucial to float new ideas for neurorehabilitation strategies. The ...

Fatores sociodemográficos e capacidade funcional de idosos acometidos por acidente vascular encefálico

RESUMO: Introdução: Doenças próprias da velhice têm apresentado crescente prevalência na sociedade. Dentre elas, destaca-se o acidente vascular encefálico, que pode ser conceituado como a interrupção do suprimento sanguíneo cerebral, devido a um extravasamento ou obstrução do vaso sanguíne...