cerebrovascular accident ischemic stroke
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -Age 18 years or older -Diagnosis of acute stroke -Possibility to start EEG monitoring within 48 hours from symptom onset -Admission to the stroke unit -Neurological deficit with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score *2 -Degree of disability before stroke on modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Any progressive brain illness, such as a brain tumor or neurodegenerative disease -Expectation that the patient will die due to the stroke
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are (1) neurological deterioration during hospital admission (=primary outcome measure), and (2) incidence of EEG patterns that indicate cortical spreading depressions, epileptiform activity, infraslow activity, of disturbed functional connectivity in the contralesional hemisphere. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures will be functional outcome defined as the score on the mRS, the Barthel index, and major depressive disorder 6-8 weeks after discharge. | — |
Countries
Netherlands