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Robert J. Adams
Researcher at Georgia Regents University
Publications - 12
Citations - 15389
Robert J. Adams is an academic researcher from Georgia Regents University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Cerebral infarction. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 12 publications receiving 14731 citations.
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Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones,Robert J. Adams,Mercedes R. Carnethon,Giovanni de Simone,T. Bruce Ferguson,Katherine M. Flegal,Earl S. Ford,Karen L. Furie,Alan S. Go,Kurt J. Greenlund,Nancy Haase,Susan M. Hailpern,Michael Ho,Virginia J. Howard,Brett M. Kissela,Steven J. Kittner,Daniel T. Lackland,Lynda D. Lisabeth,Ariane Marelli,Mary M. McDermott,James B. Meigs,Dariush Mozaffarian,Graham Nichol,Christopther O'Donnell,Véronique L. Roger,Wayne D. Rosamond,Ralph L. Sacco,Paul D. Sorlie,Randall S. Stafford,Julia Steinberger,Thomas Thorn,Sylvia Wasserthiel-Smoller,Nathan D. Wong,Judith Wylie-Rosett,Yuling Hong +34 more
TL;DR: The statistical update brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2006 Update A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
Thomas Thom,Nancy Haase,Wayne D. Rosamond,Virginia J. Howard,John S. Rumsfeld,Teri A. Manolio,Zhi-Jie Zheng,Katherine M. Flegal,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Steven J. Kittner,Donald M. Lloyd-Jones,David C. Goff,Yuling Hong,Robert J. Adams,Gary Friday,Karen L. Furie,Philip B. Gorelick,Brett M. Kissela,John R. Marler,James B. Meigs,Véronique L. Roger,Stephen Sidney,Paul D. Sorlie,Julia Steinberger,Sylvia Wasserthiel-Smoller,Matthew Wilson,Philip A. Wolf +26 more
TL;DR: The American Heart Association works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCHS), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and other government agencies to derive the annual statistics in this update.
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Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Larry B. Goldstein,Cheryl Bushnell,Robert J. Adams,Lawrence J. Appel,Lynne T. Braun,Seemant Chaturvedi,Mark A. Creager,Antonio Culebras,Robert H. Eckel,Robert G. Hart,Judith A. Hinchey,Virginia J. Howard,Edward C. Jauch,Steven R. Levine,James F. Meschia,Wesley S. Moore,J.V. (Ian) Nixon,Thomas A. Pearson +17 more
TL;DR: Evidence-based recommendations are included for the control of risk factors, interventional approaches to atherosclerotic disease of the cervicocephalic circulation, and antithrombotic treatments for preventing thrombosis and thromboembolic stroke.
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Prevention of a First Stroke by Transfusions in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia and Abnormal Results on Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography
Robert J. Adams,Virgil McKie,Lewis L. Hsu,B Files,Elliott Vichinsky,Charles H. Pegelow,Miguel R. Abboud,Dianne Gallagher,Abdullah Kutlar,Fenwick T. Nichols,Duane Bonds,Donald Brambilla +11 more
TL;DR: Transfusion greatly reduces the risk of a first stroke in children with sickle cell anemia who have abnormal results on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.
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Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Ischemic Stroke A Scientific Statement From the Stroke Council of the American Stroke Association
Harold P. Adams,Robert J. Adams,Thomas G. Brott,Gregory J. del Zoppo,Anthony J. Furlan,Larry B. Goldstein,Robert L. Grubb,Randall T. Higashida,Chelsea S. Kidwell,Thomas Kwiatkowski,John R. Marler,George J. Hademenos +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide updated recommendations that can be used by primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, neurologists, and other physicians who provide acute stroke care from admission to an emergency department through the first 24 to 48 hours of hospitalization by addressing the diagnosis and emergent treatment of the acute ischemic stroke in addition to the management of its acute and subacute neurological and medical complications.