Peter Hermanek
17 Papers
242 Citations
Peter Hermanek is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality and Attributable Risks of Death After Ischemic Stroke The German Stroke Registers Study Group
Peter U. Heuschmann,Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas,Bjoern Misselwitz,Peter Hermanek,C Leffmann,R. W. C. Janzen,Joachim Röther,Hans-Joachim Buecker-Nott,Klaus Berger +8 more
TL;DR: Substantial differences were found in the impact of comorbid conditions on early outcome for men and women and programs aiming at an improvement in short-term outcome after stroke should focus especially on a reduction of pneumonia and an early treatment of increased intracranial pressure.
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Frequency of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke and the risk of in-hospital mortality: the German Stroke Registers Study Group.
Peter U. Heuschmann,Klaus Berger,Bjoern Misselwitz,Peter Hermanek,C Leffmann,Michael Adelmann,Hans-Joachim Buecker-Nott,Joachim Röther,Bernhard Neundoerfer,Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas +9 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that thrombolytic therapy in hospitals with limited experience in its application increase the risk of in-hospital mortality.
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Predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolytic therapy
Peter U. Heuschmann,Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas,Joachim Roether,Bjoern Misselwitz,K. Lowitzsch,Jan Heidrich,Peter Hermanek,C Leffmann,Matthias Sitzer,M. Biegler,Hans-Joachim Buecker-Nott,Klaus Berger +11 more
TL;DR: In patients with ischemic stroke who are treated with tPA, disturbances of consciousness and increasing age are associated with increased in-hospital mortality.
Pro-CAS A Prospective Registry of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
W. Theiss,Peter Hermanek,Klaus Mathias,Ramazanali Ahmadi,Lothar Heuser,Franz-Josef Hoffmann,Rüdiger Kerner,Franz Leisch,Horst Sievert,Stefan von Sommoggy +9 more
TL;DR: Preliminary data from a prospective registry of carotid angioplasty and stenting suggest that CAS may be performed with similar results in the general community as they have been reported by highly specialized centers and in clinical studies.
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Variations in quality indicators of acute stroke care in 6 European countries: the European Implementation Score (EIS) Collaboration
Silke Wiedmann,Bo Norrving,Tim Nowe,Sònia Abilleira,Kjell Asplund,Martin Dennis,Peter Hermanek,Anthony Rudd,Vincent Thijs,Charles D.A. Wolfe,Peter U. Heuschmann +10 more
TL;DR: There is a huge variety in measuring performance of acute stroke care in Europe, hampering valid comparisons of acute strokes care and common standards for defining quality indicators and collecting information required for these measures should be defined in Europe.
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