Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Registry

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is a single institutional registry database for the patients with stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Despite extensive research, most of the patients die or suffer from varying degree of post-stroke disabilities due to neurologic deficits. This registry aims to understand the disease and examine the disease dynamics in the local community.

Detailed Description
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Stroke is the fifth cause of all-cause mortality in US http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/facts.htm Early identification and treatment not only prevent mortality but also morbidity. Recent advancement in the imaging and diagnostic technique and novel therapeutic modalities has dramatically helped to downgrade stroke from the list of top mortality index in the last 3 years. However, studies determining factors which help predict stroke outcome are still underway and much work needs to be done in this direction. Many factors currently are used to predict stroke outcome with varying results, for e.g. NIHSS is a good predictor of stroke outcome at 3 months; however, the investigators need better predictors, outcome scales or outcome measures which are easy, reliable and has better specificity and sensitivity. Acute Brain injury, Transient Ischemic Attack is a special category of a neurological condition wherein there is an impending devastating outcome if workup is not completed in a timely fashion. There is an urgent need to do investigations with high-risk patients to prevent stroke and further mortality and morbidity. The abcd2 score can help us to risk stratify the TIA and to predict the chances of stroke in this specific cohort. However, investigators need better identifiers than already present, to improve the patient changes in secondary prophylaxis of stroke prevention http://www.stroke.org/sites/default/files/resources/tia-abcd2-tool.pdf?docID There is also some correlation of clinical and biochemical predictors in subarachnoid, cerebral venous thrombosis including Hunt and Hess, SAH score, WFNS-SAH grading among others with variable predictive quality. (Rosen et al; Neurocritical Care; April 2005, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp 110-118: Subarachnoid hemorrhage grading scales).

Official Title
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Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Registry

Conditions
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Stroke, Acute Stroke, Acute Brain Injury, Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Cerebral Ischemia, Cerebral Infarction, Cerebral Stroke, Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Cranial

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All patients with a diagnosis of Acute Brain injury, Transient Ischemic Attack, Acute and Chronic Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral venous thrombosis seen in UNMH. Age >1 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: Patients who don't have the diagnosis of Acute Brain injury, Transient Ischemic Attack, Acute and Chronic Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral venous thrombosis. Patients who have Epidural Hematoma, Subdural hematoma.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 1 Year

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Patients with stroke<br>Patients with the Acute Brain injury, Transient Ischemic Attack, Acute and Chronic Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral venous thrombosis from pre-hospitalization, hospitalization (in-patient) and post hospitalization (clinic) data | |
| Patients without stroke<br>Control subject who have the risk factors but never had stroke. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Improvement or worsening in stroke signs/symptoms. | Prospective and retrospective analysis of patients with the acute brain injury, transient ischemic attack, acute and chronic ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral venous thrombosis from pre-hospitalization, hospitalization (in-patient) and post hospitalization (clinic) data to determine factors which can predict stroke outcome. | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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identification, diagnosis, management, investigation, prevalence, incidence, quality of care, hospitalization, morbidity, disability