Safety and Efficacy of Acute Clopidogrel Load in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ischemic Strokes
Joint Authors
Martin-Schild, Sheryl
Tiu, Jonathan
Monlezun, Dominique J.
Rincon, Natalia
Valmoria, Melisa
Shaban, Amir
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To study the safety and efficacy of a clopidogrel loading dose in patients with moderate and severe acute ischemic strokes.
Background.
The safety of clopidogrel loading has been extensively investigated in patients with minor strokes and transient ischemic attacks.
Methods.
Acute ischemic stroke patients presenting consecutively to our center from 07/01/08 to 07/31/13 were screened.
Clopidogrel loading was defined as at least 300 mg dose (with or without aspirin) given within 6 hours of admission.
We compared outcomes in patients with baseline NIHSS > 3 with and without clopidogrel loading.
Results.
Inclusion criteria were met for 1011 patients (43.6% females, 69.1% black, median age 63).
Patients with clopidogrel loading had lower baseline NIHSS than patients who were not loaded (8 versus 9, p = 0.005 ).
The two groups had similar risk for hemorrhagic transformation ( p = 0.918 ) and symptomatic hemorrhage ( p = 0.599 ).
Patients who were loaded had a lower rate of neurological worsening (38.9% versus 48.3%, p = 0.031 ) and less in-hospital mortality (4.3% versus 13.4%, p = 0.001 ) compared to those who were not loaded.
The likelihood of having a poor functional outcome did not differ between the two groups after adjusting for NIHSS on admission (OR = 0.71, 95% CI 0.4633–1.0906, p = 0.118 ).
Conclusion.
Clopidogrel loading dose was not associated with increased risk for hemorrhagic transformation or symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in our retrospective study and was associated with reduced rates of neuroworsening following moderate and severe stroke.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shaban, Amir& Monlezun, Dominique J.& Rincon, Natalia& Tiu, Jonathan& Valmoria, Melisa& Martin-Schild, Sheryl. 2016. Safety and Efficacy of Acute Clopidogrel Load in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ischemic Strokes. Stroke Research and Treatment،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shaban, Amir…[et al.]. Safety and Efficacy of Acute Clopidogrel Load in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ischemic Strokes. Stroke Research and Treatment No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Shaban, Amir& Monlezun, Dominique J.& Rincon, Natalia& Tiu, Jonathan& Valmoria, Melisa& Martin-Schild, Sheryl. Safety and Efficacy of Acute Clopidogrel Load in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ischemic Strokes. Stroke Research and Treatment. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118498
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1118498