Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up
- Oct 14th, 2023
- Clay Smith
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#1: What’s the BEST Target SBP Post-Embolectomy for Stroke?
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More aggressive systolic blood pressure (SBP) goals, beyond keeping it <180 mmHg, probably don’t make much of a difference in outcomes for patients who have undergone endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke.
Source
Blood Pressure Management After Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The BEST-II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 Sep 5;330(9):821-831. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.14330.
#2: New DOAC Score Outperforms HAS-BLED for Major Bleeding
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The new DOAC score had stronger predictive performance for major bleeding in patients on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) compared to the HAS BLED score.
Source
Development and Validation of the DOAC Score: A Novel Bleeding Risk Prediction Tool for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants. Circulation. 2023 Sep 19;148(12):936-946. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064556. Epub 2023 Aug 25.
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