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| D L TirschwellSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Association of cholesterol with stroke risk varies in stroke subtypes and patient subgroupsD L Tirschwell
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Neurology 63:1868-75. 2004..To perform a health maintenance organization-based case-control study to evaluate the association of total and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol with the risk of stroke subtypes and in patient subgroups...
Optimizing neurologic prognosis after cardiac arrestDavid Tirschwell
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359775, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Crit Care 10:171. 2006..A focused international consortium is called for...- Intra-arterial urokinase for acute ischemic stroke: factors associated with complicationsD L Tirschwell
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
Neurology 57:1100-3. 2001..Although urokinase is no longer manufactured, these findings identify patients at risk for complications from other intra-arterial thrombolytics... - Validating administrative data in stroke researchDavid L Tirschwell
Department of Neurology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
Stroke 33:2465-70. 2002..Research based on administrative data has advantages, including large numbers, consistent data, and low cost. This study was designed to compare different methods of stroke classification using administrative data... - Extravasation of radiographic contrast is an independent predictor of death in primary intracerebral hemorrhageK J Becker
Department of Neurology University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Stroke 30:2025-32. 1999.... - Will neurology residents with large student loan debts become academicians?Michael J Doherty
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Box 356465, Seattle, WA981295, USA
Neurology 58:495-7. 2002..The results indicate median year 2000 US graduate neurology resident student debt is in the 50,000 to 75,000 US dollars range and that this debt burden may deter US graduates from pursuing careers in academic neurology... - Withdrawal of support in intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to self-fulfilling propheciesK J Becker
Department of Neurology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104 2499, USA
Neurology 56:766-72. 2001.... - Utility of repeat head computed tomography after blunt head trauma: a systematic reviewMarjorie C Wang
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
J Trauma 61:226-33. 2006..We systematically reviewed the literature to determine the incidence of progression of injury on repeat CT and resulting treatment changes... - Serum potassium and stroke risk among treated hypertensive adultsNicholas L Smith
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Hypertens 16:806-13. 2003..Stroke risk associated with more recent assessments of hypokalemia has not been examined... - Shortening the NIH Stroke scale for use in the prehospital settingDavid L Tirschwell
Department of Neurology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Stroke 33:2801-6. 2002..The goal of this study was to identify a subset of the 15 items in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS-15) that measures stroke severity and predicts outcomes... - Transesophageal echocardiography: not for everyone?Edward A Gill
Stroke 38:e78; author reply e79. 2007 - Blood pressure level and outcomes in adults aged 65 and older with prior ischemic strokeRobert C Kaplan
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1309-16. 2006..To examine the association between blood pressure (BP) levels and long-term stroke outcomes in elderly stroke survivors... - Long-term neurological complications after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathySandeep Khot
Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Semin Neurol 26:422-31. 2006..This review will address many of the common syndromes after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, including persistent vegetative states, seizures, myoclonus, movement disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and other neurological abnormalities... - Mortality rates after subarachnoid hemorrhage: variations according to hospital case volume in 18 statesDewitte T Cross
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Neurosurg 99:810-7. 2003..There has been no multistate study of a diverse set of hospitals to determine whether in-hospital mortality rates are influenced by hospital volume of SAH cases... - Predictive value of somatosensory evoked potentials for awakening from comaLawrence R Robinson
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
Crit Care Med 31:960-7. 2003..Adults in coma from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy with absent somatosensory evoked potential responses have <1% chance of awakening... - Intracerebral hemorrhage: balancing death versus disabilityClaire J Creutzfeldt
Crit Care Med 36:2214-5. 2008
Research Grants
- MEDIC ONE STROKE SCALEDavid Tirschwell; Fiscal Year: 2003..As stroke therapeutic research moves into the prehospital setting, the MOSS will serve as a standardized evaluation tool allowing early and accurate stroke diagnosis and severity stratification. ..
- Ischemic Stroke Quality of Care and Administrative DataDavid Tirschwell; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results generated from the first 2 years of this project will serve as preliminary data for an R01 application that will determine systems to improve QOC for ischemic stroke in Washington State. ..