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Nneka Ifejika

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Verified email at utsouthwestern.edu
Cited by 630

2023 guideline for the management of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke …

BL Hoh, NU Ko, S Amin-Hanjani, SHY Chou… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Aim: The “2023 Guideline for the Management of Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage” replaces the 2012 “Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal …

[HTML][HTML] Use of a smartphone-based mobile app for weight management in obese minority stroke survivors: pilot randomized controlled trial with open blinded end …

NL Ifejika, M Bhadane, CC Cai, EA Noser… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2020 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Minorities have an increased incidence of early-onset, obesity-related
cerebrovascular disease. Unfortunately, effective weight management in this vulnerable …

Health care disparities in stroke rehabilitation

AA Chavez, KP Simmonds… - Physical Medicine …, 2023 - pmr.theclinics.com
Despite significant strides in clinical practice, stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death
and a leading case of disability within the United States. 1 Stroke outcomes are influenced …

Sex differences in endovascular thrombectomy outcomes in large vessel occlusion: a propensity-matched analysis from the SELECT study

JT Fifi, TN Nguyen, S Song, A Sharrief… - Journal of …, 2023 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Sex disparities in acute ischemic stroke outcomes are well reported with IV
thrombolysis. Despite several studies, there is still a lack of consensus on whether …

Neurorehabilitation: Five new things

AM Barrett, M Oh-Park, P Chen… - Neurology: Clinical …, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Neurologists have a new toolbox of options for neurorehabilitation of disabling brain
disorders such as stroke and traumatic brain injury. An emerging intellectual paradigm for …

Mexican Americans receive less intensive stroke rehabilitation than non-Hispanic whites

LB Morgenstern, E Sais, M Fuentes, NL Ifejika, X Jiang… - Stroke, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Mexican Americans (MAs) have worse neurological, functional,
and cognitive outcomes after stroke. Stroke rehabilitation is important for good outcome. In a …

[HTML][HTML] Rehabilitation—emerging technologies, innovative therapies, and future objectives

NL Ifejika-Jones, AM Barrett - Neurotherapeutics, 2011 - Elsevier
Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability. The goal of stroke rehabilitation is to
improve recovery in the years after a stroke and to decrease long-term disability. This article …

A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to using tenecteplase to treat acute ischemic stroke

S Prasad, EM Jones, M Gebreyohanns… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Tenecteplase (TNK) is emerging as an alternative to alteplase (ALT) for
thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Compared to ALT, TNK has a longer …

Recovery after ischemic stroke: criteria for good outcome by level of disability at day 7

H Hallevi, KC Albright, SB Martin-Schild… - Cerebrovascular …, 2009 - karger.com
Background: Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of morbidity. Assessing the chances of
recovery is critical to optimize poststroke care. Methods: We used a cohort of patients from …

Characteristics of acute stroke patients readmitted to inpatient rehabilitation facilities: a cohort study

NL Ifejika, M Bhadane, CC Cai, JN Watkins, JC Grotta - PM&R, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Reducing acute care readmissions from inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs)
is a healthcare reform goal. Stroke patients have higher acute readmission rates and …