2009 Emergency Department Stroke 
EMDocs
OCTOBER 21, 2023
Answer : Basilar Artery Occlusion Epidemiology: Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a subset of the posterior circulation strokes. Posterior circulation strokes are estimated to account for 20% of all strokes, with BAO accounting for ~1% of all strokes. Symptoms may range from days to months prior to stroke onset.
RebelEM
MARCH 8, 2023
Rapid diagnosis and emergency referral improves outcomes of ophthalmologic interventions. CRAO is a stroke of the eye; patients should be considered for a complete stroke work up. Emergency Department Management: Emergency ophthalmology consultation. and (–) LR 0.9. >10 floaters, (+) LR 8.1-36
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JULY 9, 2022
Ravi Garg is a Neurologist in the Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care at Loyola University Chicago. Risk of selection bias assessment in the NINDS rt-PA stroke study. Dr. Garg […] The post SGEM Xtra: Here Comes the NINDS Again first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. BMC Med Res Methodol.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Case: A 50-year-old female presents to your community emergency department in the middle of the night with new-onset constant but mild vertigo and nausea. You’re about to call in your MRI tech from home, but then you remember reading that the HINTS exam is more sensitive than early MRI for diagnosis of posterior stroke.
Taming the SRU
APRIL 3, 2023
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy 1 in 30,000 pregnancies 800 maternal deaths globally Rates have nearly doubled between 1989 and 2009 Survival to hospital discharge after maternal in-hospital cardiac arrest 58.9% Do not prepare a sterile field (but be as clean as possible). Do not transport to an alternative location.
ACEP Now
APRIL 5, 2024
2 TTP often presents abruptly, and most patients that develop it first visit the emergency department (ED) as their symptoms worsen. It is thus imperative that emergency physicians be able to recognize and properly treat this disease, especially in the absence of its classical presentation. Am J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
Written by Bobby Nicholson MD, with edits by Meyers A woman in her 50s with past medical history of heart failure, prior stroke, atrial fibrillation on Eliquis, lung cancer in remission, and CKD, presented to the emergency department for evaluation of cough and shortness of breath. Epub 2009 Sep 29. What do you think?
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