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A total of 112 patients with ischemic stroke and 115 patients of different sexes and age with dyscirculatory encephalopathy were examined for the main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Hypokinesia and obesity were most common in chronic vascular brain pathology whereas frequently occurring and prolonged psychoemotional overstrain, aggravated heredity and alcohol abuse promoted the occurrence of acute disorders of brain circulation. The combination of 4 and more risk factors significantly raises the probability of acute cerebral ischemia.
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PMID:[Risk factors of acute and chronic cerebral ischemia]. 215 17

We present an analysis of the neurologic manifestations of Staphylococcus aureus infections in 43 patients. Half of the infections whose source could be identified were nosocomial. The spectrum of neurological sequelae included meningitis, solitary and multiple intracerebral and epidural abscesses, cerebral ischemia and hemorrhage, acute encephalopathies, subdural empyemas, spinal abscesses, and radicular compression syndromes. In the majority of patients the course was severe and protracted and relapses were frequent. Mortality was high (28%), even with early diagnosis and treatment; diabetes mellitus, alcohol abuse, and chronic renal failure were unfavorable prognostic factors. In patients with abscess formation early surgical drainage improved the outcome. However, often treatment was complicated by sequestration at inaccessible foci and secondary dissemination. Combined antibiotic therapy with flucloxacillin and chloramphenicol may be the most successful antibiotic regimen.
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PMID:Neurologic manifestations of Staphylococcus aureus infections. Analysis of 43 patients. 752 54

A total of 139 young stroke patients were consecutively examined and tested for antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) to evaluate the role of these antibodies in cerebral ischaemia before the age of 45. APLA were found in 28.8% of patients. Two factors, hypertriglyceridaemia and alcohol abuse, were significantly more frequent in patients with a positive APLA test. The demographic characteristics, other risk factors, history of prior thrombotic events and distribution of aetiopathogenic types of cerebral ischaemia were not different in patients with or without APLA. Laboratory assays for APLA were highly positive for only two patients, who both had autoimmune diseases. These results suggest that with the exception of a clinical context of antiphospholipid syndrome or other autoimmune diseases, the usefulness of this diagnostic tool in the management of cerebral ischaemia remains limited.
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PMID:Antiphospholipid antibodies in the acute phase of cerebral ischaemia in young adults: a descriptive study of 139 patients. 1191 31

In the present subanalysis of a cross-sectional study showing the favorable effect of prior transient ischemia, leisure-time physical activity, and lipid-lowering drug therapy on stroke severity, we aimed to evaluate whether previous physical activity was dose dependently associated to minor stroke (NIHSS 0-3) and to identify possible underlying factors. Among 362 consecutive patients, less severe stroke was related to weekly exercise duration prior to stroke (no exercise: 36.1%; <2 hours: 49.3%; 2-5 hours: 58.8%; >5 hours: 64.0%; P = 0.003). Only weak and moderate exercise practices were protective (weak: 50.0%; moderate: 79.3%; heavy: 22.2%; P < 0.0001). Such a beneficial effect was observed independently of age and was associated with a trend to a lower frequency of arterial hypertension, alcohol abuse, and a better metabolic profile. Besides other therapeutic approaches, physical activity may be a simple way to decrease cerebral ischemia severity.
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PMID:Previous leisure-time physical activity dose dependently decreases ischemic stroke severity. 2191 54