Thursday, February 18, 2016

Bleeding stroke associated with onset of dementia

Then we should be able to go back to these reports and validate this. If we had any decent stroke association at all. But we don't, followup analysis will never occur. If bleeds are only 13% of strokes then the following three reports need further analysis.
Has your doctor/hospital done anything since these earlier research results?
1. Your 33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study?  May 2012.
2. Then this study came out and seems to have a range from 17-66%. December 2013.
3. A 20% chance in this research.   July 2013.

http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=160924&CultureCode=en
Bleeding within the brain, or intracerebral hemorrhage, was associated with a high risk of developing dementia post stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2016.
Intracerebral hemorrhage, which results from a weakened vessel that ruptures and bleeds into the brain,represents 13 percent of all strokes. Researchers studied how often and why dementia might occur after intracerebral hemorrhage by following a population of 218 intracerebral stroke patients, who were free of dementia in the first six months after stroke.
They found:
  • 20 percent had developed dementia at one year after stroke.
  • 63 patients developed new onset dementia during an average follow-up of 5.4 years.
  • Risk factors associated with a higher risk of dementia after intracerebral hemorrhage, included the location of the brain bleed, older age, history of a previous stroke or transient ischemic attack, higher stroke severity score and recurrent stroke during the follow-up.
  • Risk factors identified on brain imaging were particularly linked with a very frequent cause of bleeding strokes called cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Doctors caring for stroke survivors should consider dementia risks, especially when risk factors are present, researchers said.
Additional Resources:
  • Any available multimedia related to these tips are on the right column of this linkhttp://newsroom.heart.org/news/isc-16-wednesday-news-tips?preview=0a5ba41ae6d06babec5f52bf7f717541
  • Stroke Caregiver Resources
  • Emotional and Behavioral Conditions After Stroke
  • Join the AHA/ASA Support Network to talk with others going through similar journeys including depression after stroke. 
  • Follow news from the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2016 via Twitter: @HeartNews #ISC16.
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