Halvor Naess

..We hypothesized that patients with cerebral infarction display distinct symptom clusters. Furthermore, we hypothesized that multiple co-occurring symptoms have an adverse effect on patients...

..The aim was to describe the clinical characteristics, disability and employmentloss in a case series of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) after the infection...

..We sought to determine the incidence and short-term outcome of people aged 15 to 49 years with first-ever cerebral infarction in 1988-1997 in Hordaland County, Norway...

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..In our study group, the prevalence of lacunar strokes was highest at night...

..We aimed to compare patients reporting acute infection with those reporting no infection at onset of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...

..The main new findings were that the frequencies of pain were similar in paretic and non-paretic limbs and that long-term mortality was associated with post-stroke pain...

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..The mean age at stroke onset was 41.6 years...

..We hypothesized that occipital lobe infarctions differ from infarctions in other locations as to etiology, risk factors and prognosis among young adults...

..Dissection of neck vessel is associated with low long-term mortality rate and low recurrence rate of cerebral infarction. Tailoring secondary preventive treatment according to aetiology and risk factors suggests better prognosis...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate characteristics and long-term outcome of young patients with ischemic stroke (15-49 years at stroke onset) and aphasia...

..To evaluate characteristics and mortality related to post-stroke fatigue (PSF)...

..Alcoholism, depression any time before the index stroke, and severity of neurological deficits on admission for the stroke increased the risk of developing PSD in the long run...

..Monitoring of physiological variables such as temperature, blood pressure, heart rhythm, oxygen saturation and cerebral blood flow may be important for efficient treatment and reduction of the infarct volume...

..To study the impact of fatigue in young ischaemic stroke patients...

..1%, 6%, 19%, 26%, 30%, and 67% (p < 0.001). Long-term secondary preventive medication may not be indicated in young ischemic stroke patients with no risk factor...

..We sought to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in young adults with ischemic stroke on long-term follow-up with controls and to evaluate HRQoL in clinically relevant patient subgroups...

..Significant risk factors were smoking more than 15 cigarettes per day (P < 0.001), hypertension (P = 0.001), and myocardial infarction (P = 0.035). Modifiable risk factors were frequent...

..We analysed the long-term outcome of 232 young adults aged 15-49 years with first-ever cerebral infarction in 1988-1997 in western Norway...

..Body temperature, blood glucose, and blood pressure (BP) may interfere with outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolysis...

..Many patients with cerebral infarction suffer from symptoms such as pain, fatigue, and depression. The aim of this study was to evaluate these symptoms in relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on long-term follow-up...

..We hypothesized that low body temperature would prolong time to spontaneous clot lysis resulting in an association between low body temperature and severe neurological deficits in the early phase of ischemic stroke...

..It is not clear whether this is due a direct dose-response effect or rather an epiphenomenon. We studied the effect of CRP measured within 24 hours after stroke onset on functional outcome, mortality and future vascular events...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical aspects of recanalization and to assess variables associated with early recanalization...

..Young patients with cerebral infarction may differ from old patients with regard to clinical and prognostic aspects, and this may have implications for clinical management...

..We therefore evaluated association of admission SUA with clinical improvement and clinical outcome in patients receiving rt-PA, early admitted patients not receiving rt-PA, and patients admitted after time window for rt-PA...

..To assess the frequency of females and males aged ≤ 30 years with cerebral infarction in two different time periods...

..The aim of this paper is to summarize our experience with the first 100 patients who had stroke caused by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion and were treated with thrombolysis...

..There is little information in the literature on the risk of vascular events among patients after ischemic stroke at a young age...

..The neuroprotective effect of albumin in ischemic stroke in humans is not well studied. This study was aimed to determine the association of serum albumin with outcome and mortality after ischemic stroke...

..To compare the clinical characteristics, and short-term outcome of spinal cord infarction and cerebral infarction...

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..This differentiation is important for guiding further investigations and treatment...

..Newer Scandinavian data on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are scarce. We aimed at providing updated community-based data on the incidence, characteristics and outcome of ICH leading to hospitalization in the southernmost region in Norway...

..The aim of this study was to compare a uniform assessment of outcome with an assessment taking the baseline stroke severity into account (responder analysis)...

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..Results from the first three years with thrombolysis as standard treatment procedure are presented...

..In a subanalysis of 192 patients, we compared risk factor variables using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank testing. We applied a Cox proportional hazards model to adjust for multiple risk factors...

..Transcranial Doppler may therefore help to identify those patients most probably to benefit from thrombolysis, especially in those patients with a higher potential risk of complications...

..Acute sensory spinal cord deficit symptoms, common initial symptoms in biphasic spinal cord strokes, should be considered as possible spinal cord stroke, especially when preceded by radiating pain between the shoulders...

..SPMS patients had significantly lower HRQoL than controls and physical disability (EDSS and Arm Index), disease progression and fatigue strongly influenced this. MS...

..Conclusions. Our study shows that patients with persistent AF and acute cerebral infarction have poorer short-term outcome than patients with paroxysmal AF. Differences in clot structure or clot volume may explain this...

..The patient recovered uneventfully and three weeks later, findings on neurological examination were normal. Hemicraniectomy should be considered in all patients with encephalitis and threatening herniation...

..The semi-quantitative Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) is found to have prognostic value in early stroke. This study assesses factors associated with the presence of EIC and the relation between EIC and clinical outcome...

..Stroke severity is similar, but old patients seem more exposed for infectious complications...

..Partly due to this time limit, less than 10% of stroke patients are treated with tPA. This study assessed the potential for increased tPA utilization with a theoretical time limit of 6 h...

..To report the clinical course of PML in an apparently immunocompetent patient treated with cidofovir...

..Previous studies have shown significantly higher mortality and vascular morbidity amongst patients with ischaemic stroke onset at a young age compared with controls after a mean observation time of more than 11 years...