ESO BLOG – THE VOICE OF STROKE IN EUROPE
The Official Blog of the European Stroke Organisation
YSPR Editors: Diana Aguiar De Sousa and Linxin Li
Antihypertensive drugs: morning or evening?
There is emerging evidence in favour of evening vs. morning dosing in patients with diagnosed hypertension. Many questions remain to be answered before we can confidently change the timing of all our patients taking antihypertensive medication.
Traditional Risk Factors and Etiologies in Early-Onset Ischemic Stroke
By: Nicolas Martinez-Majander, Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland Incidence Incidence of early-onset ischemic stroke remains low in children and adolescents, and increases after that, being about 10/100,000 per year in people aged between...
The Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Residency
By Giuseppe Reale, MD, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Rome. November is coming and, with it, the end of my 4-year Neurology Residency. After being on-the-move for so long, it is normal to calm down to settle accounts. The complexity of neurological...
A giant burden can only be fought on the shoulders of the giants of evidence
By Diana Aguiar de Sousa and Johannes Kaesmacher From the Department of Neurology, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal and the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland In this issue of the ESJ,...
FESO Interview with Catarina Fonseca
To qualify as an FESO, members must demonstrate scientific quality and a willingness to actively volunteer in ESO. There are no age requirements, but FESO must meet minimum standards. FESO receive additional benefits, including participation in the Council of Fellows....
ESO Committee Positions Open from May 2020
We would like to take the opportunity to remind all ESO members that ESO has many Committees, which are always looking for new motivated members. The following committees have openings as from May 2020: Brain and Heart Council Education Committee Guideline Board...
ESJ Comment: Long-Term Outcome After Ischemic Stroke in Relation to Comorbidity
Comment Authors: Filipa Dourado Sotero, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Neurology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal Original Article: Stefan Sennfält, Mats Pihlsgård, Jesper Petersson Bo Norrving and Teresa Ullberg, 2019; Long-term outcome after ischemic...
Stroke Care in Ukraine: Press conference held in advance of WSD2019
Out of more than 500 wards that provide assistance to patients with acute stroke, more than half do not have the necessary equipment for diagnosis and treatment By: Yuriy Flomin Kyiv, October 10, 2019 - On the eve of World Stroke Day, representatives of the Ukrainian...
ESJ Comment: Is hospital diagnostic coding accurate enough for big data research?
Routinely collected administrative hospital diagnostic coding data are widely used for outcome audit and big data research, including studies on time-trends of stroke incidence and outcome. The results of these studies are therefore influenced by the accuracy of...
Cortical-Striatal Disconnection After Parietal Stroke
By Dr Barbara Casolla, MD, Univ. Lille, Inserm U1171, Degenerative and Vascular Cognitive Disorders, CHU Lille, Department of Neurology, France Twitter: @BarbaraCasolla Clinical vignette An 82 years old patient was referred to the Emergency Department for a sudden...
Bulgarian National Congress in Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics
Report to ESO from the 5th Bulgarian National Congress in Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics By Acad. Prof. EKATERINA TITIANOVA, MD, PhD, DSc, Head of the Clinic of Functional Diagnostics of Nervous System, Military Medical Academy - Sofia, Professor of Neurology...
Improving Access to Expert Stroke Care in Iran
Brain Stroke is a global public health problem, causing premature mortality and long term adult disability worldwide.
Next Events
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ESC Heart & Stroke 2020
Barcelona |
24/01/2020 - 25/01/2020 | |
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14th Portuguese Stroke Congress
Porto |
06/02/2020 - 08/02/2020 | |
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ESO Edinburgh Stroke Research Workshop
Edinburgh EH16 5AY |
24/02/2020 - 26/02/2020 |
