Kennedy R. Lees
University of Glasgow
467 Papers
3.9K Citations
Kennedy R. Lees is an academic researcher from University of Glasgow. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 86, co-authored 455 publications. Previous affiliations of Kennedy R. Lees include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Papers
The Continued Yin and Yang of Uric Acid
TL;DR: The “positive” effect of UA claimed by Amaro et al must be balanced against established data suggesting a link between increasing serum UA and cardiovascular disease, which remains true for the acute infarct period.
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Continuing versus Stopping Prestroke Antihypertensive Therapy in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Subgroup Analysis of the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke Trial
Kailash Krishnan,Polly Scutt,Lisa J Woodhouse,Alessandro Adami,Jennifer L. Becker,Lesley Cala,Ana M. Casado,Christopher Chen,Robert A. Dineen,John Gommans,Panos Koumellis,Hanna Christensen,Ronan Collins,Anna Członkowska,Kennedy R. Lees,George Ntaios,Şerefnur Öztürk,Stephen J. Phillips,Nikola Sprigg,Szabolcs Szatmári,Joanna M. Wardlaw,Philip M.W. Bath +21 more
TL;DR: Immediate continuation of antihypertensive drugs during the first week did not reduce death or major disability in comparison to stopping treatment temporarily, and there was no difference between the treatment groups for any secondary outcome measure, or rates of death or serious adverse events.
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Microembolic Signals and Aspirin Resistance in Patients with Carotid Stenosis
TL;DR: Aspirin resistance appears more common in patients with carotid disease who have MES compared to those without, and further work should aim to establish whether screening for aspirin resistance and subsequent adjustment to antiplatelet therapy reduces the rate of MES and stroke risk in those with carOTid disease.
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Stroke Treatment Academic Industry Roundtable Recommendations for Individual Data Pooling Analyses in Stroke
Kennedy R. Lees,Pooja Khatri +1 more
TL;DR: Development work is needed to enable reliable inferences to be drawn about individual drug or device effects that contribute to a pooled analysis, versus a class effect, if the treatment strategy combines ≥2 such drugs or devices.
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Communication ability following right brain damage : the family perspective
TL;DR: Family member assessment is a potentially important source of information about naturalistic communication function and must include the means of gauging the reliability of proxy reports to increase its usefulness.
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