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Craig J Smith

University of Manchester
Verified email at manchester.ac.uk
Cited by 9505

Detection of atrial fibrillation after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Kishore, A Vail, A Majid, J Dawson, KR Lees… - stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Atrial fibrillation (AF) confers a high risk of recurrent stroke,
although detection methods and definitions of paroxysmal AF during screening vary. We …

Evaluation of C-reactive protein measurement for assessing the risk and prognosis in ischemic stroke: a statement for health care professionals from the CRP Pooling …

M Di Napoli, M Schwaninger, R Cappelli, E Ceccarelli… - Stroke, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Several studies have shown, in different populations, that
modest elevation of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) in the range seen in apparently …

Diagnosis of stroke-associated pneumonia: recommendations from the pneumonia in stroke consensus group

CJ Smith, AK Kishore, A Vail, A Chamorro, J Garau… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Lower respiratory tract infections frequently complicate stroke
and adversely affect outcome. There is currently no agreed terminology or gold-standard …

Association of COVID-19 with major arterial and venous thrombotic diseases: a population-wide cohort study of 48 million adults in England and Wales

R Knight, V Walker, S Ip, JA Cooper, T Bolton… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
induces a prothrombotic state, but long-term effects of COVID-19 on incidence of vascular …

An early and sustained peripheral inflammatory response in acute ischaemic stroke: relationships with infection and atherosclerosis

HCA Emsley, CJ Smith, CM Gavin, RF Georgiou… - Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Central nervous system and peripheral inflammation is important in the responses to
ischaemic stroke, and may also predispose to its development. We aimed to identify (1) the …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute risk and predictors of the growth of acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

RAS Salman, J Frantzias, RJ Lee, PD Lyden… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Intracerebral haemorrhage growth is associated with poor clinical outcome and
is a therapeutic target for improving outcome. We aimed to determine the absolute risk and …

Infection as a stroke risk factor and determinant of outcome after stroke

MSV Elkind, AK Boehme, CJ Smith, A Meisel… - Stroke, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Understanding the relationship between infection and stroke has taken on new urgency in
the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This association is not a …

The association between delays in screening for and assessing dysphagia after acute stroke, and the risk of stroke-associated pneumonia

BD Bray, CJ Smith, GC Cloud, P Enderby… - Journal of Neurology …, 2017 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background There is no robust evidence that screening patients with acute stroke for
dysphagia reduces the risk of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP), or of how quickly it …

How is pneumonia diagnosed in clinical stroke research? A systematic review and meta-analysis

AK Kishore, A Vail, A Chamorro, J Garau, SJ Hopkins… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Diagnosis of pneumonia complicating stroke is challenging, and
there are currently no consensus diagnostic criteria. As a first step in developing such …

SCIL-STROKE (subcutaneous interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in ischemic stroke) a randomized controlled phase 2 trial

CJ Smith, S Hulme, A Vail, C Heal, AR Parry-Jones… - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The proinflammatory cytokine IL-1 (interleukin-1) has a
deleterious role in cerebral ischemia, which is attenuated by IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL …