2017 Seizures Stroke 
Pediatric EM Morsels
APRIL 7, 2023
Impact of the New American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Definition of Stroke on the Results of the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis Trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Jan;26(1):108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.08.038.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
DECEMBER 16, 2017
[display_podcast] Date: November 27th, 2017 Reference: Legriel et al. display_podcast] Date: November 27th, 2017 Reference: Legriel et al. Case: Johnny is a 22-year-old male patient who presents to the emergency department via EMS with a seizure. It was a witnessed clonic-tonic seizure that stopped but he did not wake up.
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Downeast Emergency Medicine
APRIL 26, 2021
We know that if administered too rapidly, it can lead to hypotension and other adverse effects including seizures, headaches, backache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, anaphylaxis, impaired color vision, and other visual disturbances.[1] MI or stroke).
Don't Forget the Bubbles
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Other considerations in significant TBI would be the temporary use of anti-epileptic drugs as prophylaxis to prevent early post-traumatic seizures to aid neuroprotection; the most commonly used would be levetiracetam. Disability – Altered mentation, seizure, stroke symptoms, severe headache, neurological deficit, visual symptoms.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Her husband called EMS when the patient experienced new onset seizures accompanied by micturition. However, cardiac syncope is always a differential diagnosis when someone presents with first time seizures. There are a number of things to look for in an ECG that can hint at arrhythmia as the cause of an apparent seizure.
ACEP Now
APRIL 2, 2024
8 Seizures and thunderclap headache from reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome have been reported. 8,9 There is one case of a 17-year-old who died from acute cerebellar stroke after participating in the “One Chip Challenge” (eating a capsaicin infused food chip as a game) that prompted Hershey Co. 2018:bcr-2017- 224085.
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
JUNE 1, 2017
The previously well child now decompensated: undiagnosed thrombophilia Asymptomatic patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the cause of some cases of cryptogenic vascular disease, such as stroke and MI. 2017; 15:47-50. However, the presence of PFO alone does not connote higher risk. Interactive Cardiovascaulr and Thoracic Surgery.
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