Publications by authors named "P R Srijithesh"
Utility of Sleep Questionnaires for Detecting Sleep Apnea in Ischemic Stroke Patients.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol
March 2025
Background And Objectives: Sleep-disordered breathing is highly prevalent in stroke patients. It is associated with recurrence of stroke and poor neurologic outcomes. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard for diagnosing sleep apnea, may not be feasible for routine evaluation in stroke patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvolution of Sleep Apnea and Arousals in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the prevalence and severity of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in acute ischemic stroke patients, finding that a significant majority exhibited some level of SDB.
- Over two sleep evaluations, nearly 82% of patients had sleep apnea, with 12.5% classified as severe; however, follow-up showed improvement in sleep metrics.
- Highlights include a reduction in arousal index scores and increased sleep efficiency and REM sleep duration over time, suggesting that SDB can improve after stroke with monitoring and possibly intervention.
Background And Objectives: Early initiation and maintenance of anticoagulation appears to be the mainstay of treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), but the evidence supporting the intensity and duration of anticoagulation is limited.
Methods: We retrospectively collected data of patients admitted with CVT over a 5-year period, who had a minimum of 6 months of clinical follow-up and three or more prothrombin time international normalized ratio (INR) values spread over 6 months. Data collected included demographic, clinical, and radiologic parameters, anticoagulation status during the follow-up, complications, and clinical status at the last follow-up.
Optical coherence tomography as an adjunct tool to assess response to treatment in cerebral venous thrombosis: A prospective longitudinal study.
J Clin Neurosci
January 2025
Introduction: Papilledema, due to raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is commonly seen in cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and can have serious complications. This study reports the quantitative assessment of papilledema through the measurement of the Peripapillary choroidal thickness (ChT) and Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) using optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Methods: We conducted a prospective longitudinal study of 30 subjects with CVT.