Kara R. Melmed

6 days ago | neurologylive.com | Kara R. Melmed |Isabella Ciccone |Luke Halpern

WATCH TIME: 2 minutes "If we can find the patients who really are expanding early, those are the patients where we can start to tailor our care and start to give more precise and focused management of blood pressure, anticoagulation reversal, etc.” High blood pressure (BP) is recognized as a major modifiable risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and has been associated with a greater likelihood of initial hemorrhage, poorer outcomes, and increased risk of recurrent stroke,...

1 month ago | neurologylive.com | Kara R. Melmed |Isabella Ciccone

WATCH TIME: 4 minutes"We want to make sure we're getting enough blood to the brain, we're perfusing the brain, but we're not causing any adverse events that might occur with lowering blood pressure."A large international trial, known as INTERACT3 (NCT03209258), investigated whether a structured, hospital-implemented care bundle could improve outcomes for patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

1 month ago | pharmacytimes.com | Luke Halpern |Kara R. Melmed

CommentaryVideoApril 8, 2025Author(s):,Kara Melmed, MD, emphasizes the critical importance of rapid, team-based intervention for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients, with pharmacists playing a key role in blood pressure management.