Tissa Wijeratne

Understanding Why Post-Stroke Depression May Be the Norm Rather Than the Exception: The Anatomical and Neuroinflammatory Correlates of Post-Stroke Depression

Tissa Wijeratne, Carmela Sales

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Ischemic Stroke precedes depression. Post-stroke depression (PSD) is a major driver for poor recovery, negative quality of life, p..

Highlighting the Role of Universally Available and Innate Immune Cell Counts in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Scoping Review

Tissa Wijeratne, Carmela Sales, Rohit Menon, Leila Karimi, Mihajlo Jakovljevic

Journal article  |  2021  |  Sustainability

Stroke is one of the leading causes of adult disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. The immune system activel..

An Evaluation of Medication Prescribing Patterns for Acute Migraine in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review

Jun Hua Lim, Leila Karimi, Tissa Wijeratne

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and patients with acute migraine frequently present to emergency dep..

Neurophobia: A Study of Australian Medical Students and Junior Doctors

Alex Lai Ming Yeung, Leila Karimi, Tissa Wijeratne

Journal article  |  2021

Background: Neurological disorders are the leading cause disability in Australia and the world. Combating the perceived difficult..

Scoping Review of Existing Stroke Guidelines; Argument for a Value-Added Change

Tissa Wijeratne, Carmela Sales, Leila Karimi, Mihajlo Jakovljevicd

Journal article  |  2021

Stroke represents one of the most important causes of morbidity ( eighty million patients with disabling of ongoing effects of str..

Post Stroke Depression to be Expected

Tissa Wijeratne, Carmela Sales

Journal article  |  2021

Ischemic Stroke precedes depression . Post Stroke Depression (PSD) is a major driver for poor recovery, negative quality of life, ..

Universally Available Innate and Adaptive Immune Cell Counts in Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) in the Context of Shared Pathobiology with COVID-19; Scoping Review

Tissa Wijeratne, Carmela Sales, Rohit Menon, Leila Karimi, Mihajlo Jakovljevic

Journal article  |  2021

Stroke is one of the leading cause of adult disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. The immune system actively..

The Migraine-Anxiety Comorbidity Among Migraineurs: A Systematic Review

Leila Karimi, Tissa Wijeratne, Sheila Gillard Crewther, Andrew E Evans, Deena Ebaid, Hanan Khalil

Journal article  |  2021  |  Frontiers in Neurology

Background: Migraine is recognized as a neurological condition that is often associated with comorbid psychiatric symptoms such as..

World Brain Day 2020: Join Us to "Move to End Parkinson's Disease": A World Federation of Neurology and International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society Collaboration

Tissa Wijeratne, Susan Fox

Journal article  |  2021  |  Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques

Utility of Severity-Based Prehospital Triage for Endovascular Thrombectomy ACT-FAST Validation Study

Henry Zhao, Karen Smith, Stephen Bernard, Michael Stephenson, Henry Ma, Ronil Chandra, Thanh Phan, Christopher F Bladin, Leonid Churilov, Douglas Crompton, Helen M Dewey, Tissa Wijeratne, Geoffrey Cloud, Vincent Thijs, Timothy J Kleinig, Jo Lyn Ng, Cameron Williams, Fana Alemseged, Felix Ng, Peter J Mitchell, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Stroke

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Severity-based assessment tools may assist in prehospital triage of patients to comprehensive stroke cente..