... Introduction: No systematic reviews were published in the last years investigating epidemiological data, involving myasthenia gravis (MG) and related myasthenic syndromes. This systematic review aimed to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of all MG types and myasthenic syndromes worldwide...

...Yue-Yang Zhang; Xin Yang; Ying Miu; Bing-Xue Chen; Qin Wan Objective: This study aimed to examine the individual and combined associations between dietary habits and lifestyle factors concerning all-cause mortality and stroke in Chinese adults. Method: We conducted a nationwide, multicenter...

...Michał Błaż; Iwona Sarzyńska-Długosz Background: Several studies have investigated the association between family history of stroke (FHS) and stroke etiology, recurrence, or mortality; however, the results have been discrepant. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to further evaluate...

.... Objective: The objective of this study was to relate indicators of social position to cardiovascular risk factors, time of arrival, access to reperfusion therapy, and mortality in the setting of acute stroke. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with a diagnosis of ischaemic stroke in a referral...

...% confidence interval, 1.50–5.27), dementia 6.41% (1.36–11.46), multiple sclerosis 4.00% (2.50–5.00), epilepsy 5.36% (−0.60–11.32), Parkinson’s disease 0.67% (−1.11–2.45), encephalitis 0.66% (−0.44–1.77), and Guillain-Barré syndrome 3.83% (−0.13–7.80). In addition, the mortality risk of patients...

...Rabea I. Pantelatos; Shavin Rahim; Anne Vik; Vidar Rao; Tomm B. Müller; Tom I.L. Nilsen; Toril Skandsen Introduction: Few studies account for prehospital deaths when estimating incidence and mortality rates of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI). In a population-based study, covering...

... medications on outcomes (all-cause mortality, all-cause and cardiovascular disease readmission) within the subsequent year. Analyses were undertaken using prevalent-user (all users vs. nonusers) and new-user designs (new users vs. nonusers). Results: Of 11,217 eligible patients (median age 72 years, 42...

... incidence and mortality of stroke?   Stroke . 1984 ; 15 : 255 – 9 . 10.1161/01.str.15.2.255 . 8. Bonita   R , Beaglehole   R , North   JD . Event, incidence and case fatality rates of cerebrovascular disease in Auckland, New Zealand . Am J Epidemiol . 1984 ; 120 : 236 – 43 . 10.1093...

... of the brain and central nervous system cancer in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Methods: In this study, data of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study were used to estimate the incidence, prevalence, deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and mortality in 21 countries in the MENA...

... use illicit drugs, particularly opioids, in an attempt to reduce stroke mortality, disability, or recurrence. This study is aimed to assess the effect of SUD on stroke outcomes. Methods: Patients were recruited from the Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study, a population-based study of stroke in Iran...

... with a concomitant COVID-19 diagnosis had a higher inhospital and 3 months case-fatality rates compared to patients hospitalized for stroke without a COVID-19 diagnosis. Further research is needed to better understand the excess of mortality related to these cases. [email protected] 26...

... the highest rate of TBIs on Mondays. The highest rate of TBIs in men occurred in July, while women experienced the highest rate of TBIs in January. TBI-related hospital admissions (incidence risk ratio [IRR] 1.090, 95% CI 1.07–1.11, p < 0.0001) and mortality within 30 days after TBI (hazard ratio [HR...

... survival Mortality Traumatic brain injury National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability [ 1 ]. It is accepted that moderate to severe TBI increases risk of death acutely after injury [ 2-6 ]. Yet...

... on hospital admissions due to stroke and mortality attributed to stroke in the Madrid health region. Methods: Epidemiological data were obtained from the National Statistics Institute public website. We collected data on the number of patients discharged with a diagnosis of stroke, in-hospital mortality due...

... the morbidity, mortality, and rate of conversion to a neurodegenerative disorder in a national group of patients. Methods: All patients in Denmark with a diagnosis of RBD between 2006 and 2013 were identified from the Danish National Patient Registry (NPR) records. We excluded patients who had received...

... hemorrhage Diagnosis Mortality Cohort studies In patients with a clinical diagnosis of stroke, neuroimaging in an outpatient clinic or hospital is essential to distinguish between the subtypes of stroke, that is, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. In absence of neuroimaging, the stroke remains per...

...Dalia Rotstein; Colleen Maxwell; Karen Tu; Susan E. Schultz; Kinwah Fung; Ruth Ann Marrie Introduction: Little is known about how mortality in multiple sclerosis (MS) may differ based on sociodemographic factors, such as immigrant status. We compared mortality in immigrants versus long-term...

.... Objectives: This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of CMT in Korea and the socioeconomic status, mortality, and causes of death of Korean patients with CMT. Methods: Data on patients with CMT were obtained from the rare intractable disease registry and the National Health Insurance Service...

... using a flexible parametric model of the cumulative excess mortality rate, which was obtained by matching the observed all-cause mortality in the stroke cohort to the expected mortality in the general population. A separate model was fitted for each stroke subtypes, first fitted for each age and sex...

.... As the incidence of epilepsy appears higher in most LMICs, the overlapping prevalence can be explained by misdiagnosis, acute symptomatic seizures and premature mortality. Studies have consistently shown that about one-half of cases tend to achieve prolonged seizure remission. However, more recent reports...