[' ', ' ', 'survival', 'after', 'the', 'stroke.', 'Survivel', 'was', 'similar', 'for', 'men', 'and', 'women,', 'and', 'age', 'appeared', 'to', 'have', 'little', 'influence', 'on', 'the', 'prognosis', 'with', 'only', 'a', 'slightly', 'higher', 'case', 'fatality', 'in', 'old', 'age.', 'Soft', 'palate', 'paralysis,', 'disturbed', 'sensorium,', 'need', 'of', 'special', 'treatment', 'measures', '(feeding', 'by', 'gastric', 'tube,', 'intravenous', 'infusions,', 'etc.)', 'during', 'the', 'acute', 'phase,', 'abnormalities', 'in', 'the', 'ECG', '(T-wave', 'negativity,', '5~-T', 'segment', 'depression),', 'fasting', 'blood', 'glucose', '100', 'mg/100', 'ml', 'or', 'higher,', 'and', 'an', 'abnormal', 'EEG', '{slowing', 'down', 'of', 'alpha', 'rhythm', 'alone', 'or', 'in', 'association', 'with', 'paroxysmal', 'and/or', 'focal', 'disturbances)', 'were', 'all', 'associated', 'with', 'high', 'case', 'fatality.', 'Preceding', 'TIAs,', 'blood', 'pressure', 'level,', 'serum', 'cholesterol', 'and', 'trigly=-', 'ceride', 'values,', 'and', 'aortic', 'arch', 'angiogram', 'findings,', 'on', 'the', 'other', 'hand,', 'had', 'no', 'effect', 'upon', 'the', 'prognosis.', 'The', 'effects', 'of', 'body', 'build', 'on', 'prog-', 'nosia', 'remained', 'obscure...', '“Data', 'on', 'smoking', 'habits', 'were', 'obtained', 'in', '133', 'cases,', '92', 'men', 'and', '41', 'women.', 'Classifying', 'those', 'who', 'had', 'never', 'smoked', 'and', 'the', 'ex-', 'smokers', 'together', 'as', 'nonsmokers,', '4N%', 'of', 'the', 'mon', 'and', '61%', 'of', 'the', 'women', 'were', 'nonsmokers.', 'There', 'was', 'no', 'difference', 'between', 'the', 'survival', 'groups', 'according', 'to', 'smoking', 'habits."', 'ILEBEKK,', 'A.,', 'MILLER,', 'N.E.', '&', 'MJOS,', 'O.D.,', 'University', 'of', '0810,', 'Norway', '"Effects', 'of', 'nicotine', 'and', 'inhalation', 'of', 'cigarette', 'smoke', 'on', 'total', 'body', 'oxygen', 'consumption', 'in', 'dogs."', '(Scandinavian', 'Journal', 'of', 'Clinical', '&', 'Iaboratory', 'Investigation', '35/1:', '67-72,', 'January', '1975)', '"The', 'effects', 'on', 'total', 'body', 'oxygen', 'consumption', 'of', 'nicotine', 'infused', 'intravenously', 'and', 'of', 'simulated', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'were.', 'studied', 'in', 'intact', 'anesthetized', 'dogs.', 'Nicotine', 'infusion', 'and', 'simulated', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'raised', 'tatal', 'body', 'oxygen', 'consumption', 'by', '9', '+', '2%', '{mean', '+', 'S.E.Mej', 'P', '<', '..', '0.02)', 'and', '6', '+', '2%', '(P<0.05),', 'respectively;', '‘and', 'arterial', 'concentration', 'of', 'free', 'fatty', 'acids', '(FFA)', '-by', '29.4', '96', '-(P', '40:05)', 'and.12', '+', '3%', '(P40.01).', 'When', 'nicotine', 'infusion', 'ana', 'similated', 'cigarétte', 'smokIng', 'were', 'repeated.', 'during', 'inhibition', 'of', 'lipolysis', 'with', 'S-pyridylcarbino),', 'no', 'rise', 'in', 'total', 'body', '‘oxygen', 'consumption', 'océurred,', 'although', 'the', 'mean', 'aortic', 'blood.', 'pressure', '|', 'and', 'heart', 'rate', 'remained', 'elevated', 'to', 'levels', 'gimilar', 'to', 'those', 'during', 'intact', 'lipolysis:', 'It', 'is', 'concluded.', 'that', 'the', 'rise.io’', 'total', 'body', 'oxygen', 'con-', 'sumption', 'induced.', 'by,', 'intravenously:', 'infused', 'nicotine', 'or', 'eimulated', 'cigarette', ' ', 'smoking:', 'Was.', '‘probably', 'aad', 'ated', 'shrough', 'Anereased.', 'hobiiizatiod', 'and,', 'sons', 'oes', 'sumption', '“of', 'PRA...', '¢.', ' ', '“Extension', 'to', 'humans', 'of', 'the', 'present', 'findings', 'in', 'anesthetized', 'dogs', 'must', 'be', 'done', 'with', 'caution.', 'However,', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'in', 'humans', 'shows', 'rises', 'in', 'AP', 'and', 'HR,', 'FFA,', 'and', 'metabolic', 'rate', 'similar', 'to', 'those', 'induced', 'by', 'nicotine', 'and', 'simleted', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'in', 'this', 'study', 'of', 'dogs.', 'Consequently,', 'apart', 'from', 'the', 'loss', 'of', 'appetite', 'and', 'lower', 'food', 'consump-', 'tion', 'among', 'smokers,', '&', 'nicotine-induced', 'FFA-mediated', 'rise', 'in', 'total', 'body', 'oxygen', 'consumption', 'after', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'may', 'provide', 'an', 'additional', 'explanation', 'of', 'the', 'lower', 'body', 'welght', 'in', 'heavy', 'cigarette', 'smokers', 'compared', 'to', 'nonsmokers.', 'Jt', 'may', 'also', 'explain', 'the', 'increase', 'in', 'body', 'weight', 'which', 'often', 'follows', 'cessation', 'of', 'cigarette', 'smoking', 'when', 'the', 'intake', 'of', 'calories', 'remains', 'the', 'same...', ' ']