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Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management: Prehospital, Emergency Department, and Acute Inpatient Stroke Care, 6th Edition, Update 2018 by Boulanger, JM, Lindsay, MP, Gubitz, G, Smith, EE, Stotts, G, Foley, N, Bhogal, S, Boyle, K, Braun, L, Goddard, T, Heran, MKS, Kanya-Forster, N, Lang, E, Lavoie, P, McClelland, M, O’Kelly, C, Pageau, P, Pettersen, J, Purvis, H, Shamy, M, Tampieri, D, vanAdel, B, Verbeek, R, Blacquiere, D, Casaubon, L, Ferguson, D, Hegedus, Y, Jacquin, GJ, Kelly, M, Kamal, N, Linkewich, B, Lum, C, Mann, B, Milot, G, Newcommon, N, Poirier, P, Simpkin, W, Snieder, E, Trivedi, A, Whelan, R, Eustace, M, Smitko, E, Butcher, K

“…The 2018 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management, 6th edition, is a comprehensive summary of current…”
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Multimodal CT in Acute Stroke by Wannamaker, R., Buck, B., Butcher, K.

“…Purpose of Review Multimodal CT imaging (non-contrast CT, NCCT; CT angiography, CTA; and CT Perfusion, CTP) is central to acute ischemic stroke diagnosis and…”
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Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Fall Prevention for Older Adults by Kruschke, Cheryl, Butcher, Howard K

“…Falls are a major cause of injury and death annually for millions of individuals 65 and older. Older adults are at risk for falls for a variety of reasons…”
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Toll-Like Receptors Drive Specific Patterns of Tolerance and Training on Restimulation of Macrophages by Butcher, Suzanne K, O'Carroll, Christine E, Wells, Christine A, Carmody, Ruaidhrí J

“…Tolerance is a long-recognized property of macrophages that leads to an altered response to repeated or chronic exposure to endotoxin. The physiological role…”
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Antiplatelet Therapy After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Functional Outcomes by Murthy, Santosh B, Biffi, Alessandro, Falcone, Guido J, Sansing, Lauren H, Torres Lopez, Victor, Navi, Babak B, Roh, David J, Mandava, Pitchaiah, Hanley, Daniel F, Ziai, Wendy C, Kamel, Hooman, Rosand, Jonathan, Sheth, Kevin N, Butcher, K, Davis, S, Gregson, B, Lees, K.R, Lyden, P, Mayer, S, Muir, K, Steiner, T

“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Observational data suggest that antiplatelet therapy after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) alleviates thromboembolic risk without…”
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A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Comparing Surgical Clipping and Endovascular Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms by Darsaut, T E, Findlay, J M, Bojanowski, M W, Chalaala, C, Iancu, D, Roy, D, Weill, A, Boisseau, W, Diouf, A, Magro, E, Kotowski, M, Keough, M B, Estrade, L, Bricout, N, Lejeune, J-P, Chow, M M C, O'Kelly, C J, Rempel, J L, Ashforth, R A, Lesiuk, H, Sinclair, J, Erdenebold, U-E, Wong, J H, Scholtes, F, Martin, D, Otto, B, Bilocq, A, Truffer, E, Butcher, K, Fox, A J, Arthur, A S, Létourneau-Guillon, L, Guilbert, F, Chagnon, M, Zehr, J, Farzin, B, Gevry, G, Raymond, J

“…Surgical clipping and endovascular treatment are commonly used in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. We compared the safety and efficacy of the 2…”
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Two cases of non-parasitic splenic cysts and spleen-preserving therapy by Kumar, S B, Richards, J, Butcher, K, Welbourn, R

“…We review two different presentations of non-parasitic splenic cysts, both of which are post-traumatic in aetiology. The first case was of slower onset and was…”
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Thrombolysis and thrombectomy in patients treated with dabigatran with acute ischemic stroke: Expert opinion by Diener, HC, Bernstein, R, Butcher, K, Campbell, B, Cloud, G, Davalos, A, Davis, S, Ferro, JM, Grond, M, Krieger, D, Ntaios, G, Slowik, A, Touzé, E

“…Systemic thrombolysis with rt-PA is contraindicated in patients with acute ischemic stroke anticoagulated with dabigatran. This expert opinion provides…”
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Senescence in innate immune responses: reduced neutrophil phagocytic capacity and CD16 expression in elderly humans by Butcher, S. K., Chahal, H., Nayak, L., Sinclair, A., Henriquez, N. V., Sapey, E., O’Mahony, D., Lord, J. M.

“…Elderly humans are more susceptible to bacterial infections because of declining immune status. We have investigated the effect of aging on neutrophil…”
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Challenges and misconceptions in the aetiology and management of atrial fibrillation-related strokes by Thijs, V, Butcher, K

“…Abstract Strokes, whether ischaemic or haemorrhagic, are the most feared complications of atrial fibrillation (AF) and its treatment. Vitamin K antagonists…”
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Stress responses and innate immunity: aging as a contributory factor by Butcher, Stephen K., Lord, Janet M.

“…Summary Evolutionary pressure has selected individuals with traits that allow them to survive to reproduction, without consideration of the consequences for…”
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Refining the perfusion-diffusion mismatch hypothesis by BUTCHER, K. S, PARSONS, M, TRESS, B, DONNAN, G, DAVIS, S, MACGREGOR, L, BARBER, P. A, CHALK, J, BLADIN, C, LEVI, C, KIMBER, T, SCHULTZ, D, FINK, J

“…The Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolysis Evaluation Trial (EPITHET) tests the hypothesis that perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI)-diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging criteria for thrombolysis in acute cerebral infarct by HJORT, N, BUTCHER, K, DAVIS, S. M, KIDWELL, C. S, KOROSHETZ, W. J, RÖTHER, J, SCHELLINGER, P. D, WARACH, S, ØSTERGAARD, L

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) selection of stroke patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy is an emerging application. Although the efficacy of therapy…”
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Liver Fibrosis and Perihematomal Edema Growth in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Parikh, Neal S., Jesudian, Arun, Kamel, Hooman, Hanley, Daniel F., Ziai, Wendy C., Murthy, Santosh B.

“…Background Liver disease is associated with altered serum osmolality, increased thrombin generation, and systemic inflammation, all of which may contribute to…”
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Raised cortisol:DHEAS ratios in the elderly after injury: potential impact upon neutrophil function and immunity by Butcher, Stephen K., Killampalli, Vijay, Lascelles, David, Wang, Keqing, Alpar, E. Kaya, Lord, Janet M.

“…Summary The detrimental effect of stress on the immune response increases with age, though the mechanisms responsible are not fully understood. The…”
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DWI reversal is associated with small infarct volume in patients with TIA and minor stroke by Asdaghi, N, Campbell, B C V, Butcher, K S, Coulter, J I, Modi, J, Qazi, A, Goyal, M, Demchuk, A M, Coutts, S B

“…More than half of patients with TIA/minor stroke have ischemic lesions on early DWI, which represent irreversibly damaged tissue. The presence and volume of…”
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Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Changing the Practice of Physical Restraint Use in Acute Care by Lach, Helen W, Leach, Kathy M, Butcher, Howard K

“…Physical restraints continue to be used in acute care settings, despite the challenges and calls to reduce this practice. The current guideline on restraint…”
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Cerebral Perfusion Pressure is Maintained in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A CT Perfusion Study by Tamm, A S, McCourt, R, Gould, B, Kate, M, Kosior, J C, Jeerakathil, T, Gioia, L C, Dowlatshahi, D, Hill, M D, Coutts, S B, Demchuk, A M, Buck, B H, Emery, D J, Shuaib, A, Butcher, K S

“…Although blood pressure reduction has been postulated to result in a fall in cerebral perfusion pressure in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, the latter…”
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Unitary Caring Science: A Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Research Method by Butcher, Howard K.

“…All phenomenological research, including descriptive phenomenological methods, are theory based. The knowledge in a discipline is built using…”
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Heuristic Research in Nursing Science by Butcher, Howard K.

“…The purpose of this article is to reintroduce and describe the processes and phases of heuristic inquiry and to illustrate how the method can advance nursing…”
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