Entries by ESO-admin

Teleneurology in practice

A new frontier with new rules. Maybe we need a help: “Developing an outline for teleneurology curriculum”.

Ischemic Stroke in the Young – Age-Specific Risk Factors

Author: Nicolas Martinez-Majander, MD Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki and    Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Incidence of young-onset ischemic stroke is currently about 13/100 000 per year in high-income countries and has been increasing since 1980s. In young patients, stroke affects social life, family, and working ability for […]

A funny turn or a serious matter?

Authors: Drs Linxin Li & Maria Tuna, Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. A 58-year-old ex-smoker and migrainous man, with otherwise no vascular risk factors, presented with one episode of isolated transient vertical diplopia lasting for one and a half hours. What would be your […]

Adjustment For Confounders In stroke Research

An introduction to epidemiological terminology Author: Mira Katan Kahles, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland When reading clinical research papers often the words “controlling for confounding” or “adjusting for potential confounders” are used, but what exactly is the meaning of these sentences? In clinical stroke investigations, especially in the setting of case control […]

ESO Department to Department Visit Programme at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Alessio Pieroni, MD Do you want insight into a comprehensive stroke unit and bring home experiences that may help improve stroke care in your hospital? Or perhaps establish contact with people and departments who may provide further research and job opportunities? The ESO department to department programme provides excellent opportunities for both! For more information […]

New ESO-EAN CVT Guideline available: ESJ Online first

European Stroke Organization guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis Endorsed by EAN Jose M Ferro, Marie-Germaine Bousser, Patrıcia Canhao, Jonathan M Coutinho, Isabelle Crassard, Francesco Dentali, Matteo di Minno, Alberto Maino, Ida Martinelli, Florian Masuhr, Diana Aguiar de Sousa and Jan Stam for the European Stroke Organization ESJ Online First

ESJ Comment: GISCOME – Genetics of Ischaemic Stroke Functional Outcome network: A protocol for an international multicentre genetic association study

Comment Authors: Filipa Sotero and Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria, University of Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: Maguire J, Bevan S, Stanne T et al. 2017 GISCOME – Genetics of Ischaemic Stroke Functional Outcome network: A protocol for an international multicentre genetic association study. European Stroke Journal. doi: 10.1177/2396987317704547 Stroke […]

Report on SAFE Regional Conference in Berlin, Germany, 5th July 2017

By Anita Arsovska, ESO member and SAFE Board member SAFE regional conference was held on the 5th of July 2017 in Berlin, Germany. It was dedicated on the Burden of Stroke Launch and the following actions at the national level in the context of this Report. Representatives from the Central and Eastern Cluster countries attended […]