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
Use of paracetamol in ischaemic stroke patients: evidence from VISTA.
TL;DR: The aim was to investigate the safety and benefit of paracetamol administration in the acute phase of ischaemic stroke.
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Impact of benzodiazepines on functional outcome and occurrence of pneumonia in stroke: evidence from VISTA
TL;DR: Treatment with benzodiazepines as a concomitant medication had no independent impact on stroke outcome and pneumonia rates among patients registered in a trials archive were assessed.
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Side effects and tolerability of combination blood pressure lowering according to blood pressure levels: an analysis of the PROGRESS and ADVANCE trials
Emily Atkins,Yoichiro Hirakawa,Abdul Salam,Mark Woodward,Mark Woodward,Mark E. Cooper,Pavel Hamet,Stephen B. Harrap,Kennedy R. Lees,Lisheng Liu,Giuseppe Mancia,Michel Marre,Vlado Perkovic,Neil Poulter,Bryan Williams,John Chalmers,Anthony Rodgers +16 more
TL;DR: Side effects of dual combination BPL are essentially the same for people with baseline SBP 130–139 mmHg and only modestly increased among patients with SBP 120–129 mmHg, which has important implications in assessing the likely balance of benefits and side effects of BPL with combination therapy.
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Does My District Need a Mobile Stroke Unit
TL;DR: Grotta et al. as discussed by the authors reported several positive findings for mobile stroke units in comparison with co-response in emergency medical response in cases of stroke, and proposed a mobile stroke unit for mobile emergency response in case of stroke.
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Sex-related differences in risk factors, type of treatment received and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke: Results from the RAF-study (Early Recurrence and Cerebral Bleeding in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation)
Kateryna Antonenko,Maurizio Paciaroni,Giancarlo Agnelli,Nicola Falocci,Cecilia Becattini,Simona Marcheselli,Christina Rueckert,Alessandro Pezzini,Loris Poli,Alessandro Padovani,László Csiba,Lilla Szabó,Sung Il Sohn,Tiziana Tassinari,Azmil H. Abdul-Rahim,Patrik Michel,Maria Cordier,Peter Vanacker,Suzette Remillard,Andrea Alberti,Michele Venti,Monica Acciarresi,Cataldo D'Amore,Umberto Scoditti,Licia Denti,Giovanni Orlandi,Alberto Chiti,Gino Gialdini,Paolo Bovi,Monica Carletti,Alberto Rigatelli,Jukka Putaala,Turgut Tatlisumak,Turgut Tatlisumak,Turgut Tatlisumak,Luca Masotti,Gianni Lorenzini,Rossana Tassi,Francesca Guideri,Giuseppe Martini,Georgios Tsivgoulis,Georgios Tsivgoulis,Kostantinos Vadikolias,Sokratis G. Papageorgiou,Francesco Corea,Massimo Del Sette,Walter Ageno,Maria Luisa De Lodovici,Giorgio Bono,Antonio Baldi,Sebastiano D'Anna,Simona Sacco,Antonio Carolei,Cindy Tiseo,Davide Imberti,Dorjan Zabzuni,Boris Doronin,Vera Volodina,Domenico Consoli,Franco Galati,Alessio Pieroni,Danilo Toni,Serena Monaco,Mario Maimone Baronello,Kristian Barlinn,Lars-Peder Pallesen,Jessica Kepplinger,Ulf Bodechtel,Johannes Gerber,Dirk Deleu,Gayane Melikyan,Faisal Ibrahim,Naveed Akhtar,Maria Giulia Mosconi,Kennedy R. Lees,Valeria Caso +75 more
- 01 Mar 2017
TL;DR: Women with atrial fibrillation were less likely to receive oral anticoagulants prior to and after stroke compared to men with atrium fibrillillation, and when stroke occurred, regardless of the fact that in this study women were younger and with less severe stroke, outcomes did not differ between the sexes.
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