Florey Stroke September Research Wrap-up



Florey Stroke September Research Wrap-up

Our researchers at the Florey have been busy working away to better understand stroke and improve both acute stroke treatments and long-term stroke rehabilitation and recovery.



Here’s some of their research that was published in September:




  •       Dr Kathleen Bagot, Mr Shaun Hancock, Prof Chris Bladin, and Prof Dominique Cadilhac surveyed nurses and non-nurses about their experiences implementing the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine program. Read more in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
  •       A systematic review with Prof Vincent Thijs looked at rescue intracranial stenting in acute ischaemic stroke after failed mechanical thrombectomy. Read more in World Neurosurgery.
  •       A study with Prof Dominique Cadilhac found that use of a nurse-led care bundle to manage fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing in acute stroke has increased in stroke units in Australia. Read more in Implementation Science.
  •       The INSTRUCT study with Prof Dominique Cadilhac: Women were found to have poorer health-related quality of life than men. Factors contributing to this included age, stroke severity, prestrike dependency, and post-stroke depression. Read more in Stroke.
  •       Dr Matthew Pase looked at Framingham Heart Study participants and found that plasma total-tau related to risk of stroke. Read more in the Annals of Neurology.
  •       The COMPARE trial with Prof Dominique Cadilhac will examine the effectiveness of different aphasia treatments, specifically looking at Multi-Modal Aphasia Treatment and Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy Plus. Read more in the International Journal of Stroke.
  • An editorial with Prof Leeanne Carey explored neural plasticity markers and how they relate to learning after brain injury. Read the full editorial in Neural Plasticity.
  • EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2: This study aims to determine the optimal dose of tenecteplase before endovascular therapy for ischaemic stroke. With Prof Bruce Campbell, Prof Leonid Churilov, Dr Nawaf Yassi, and Prof Vincent Thijs. Read more in the International Journal of Stroke.



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