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SGEM#364: Don’t You Forget About Me – DW:MRI Sensitivity for Transient Global Amnesia

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The workup can include laboratory testing, EEGs, ECGs, echocardiogram and advanced neuroimaging. Included in this differential is transient epileptic amnesia, transient ischemic attack, stroke, metabolic disorders, psychogenic disorders, and post traumatic amnesia.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9, HAJDU Mild TBI’s & Concussions in the Emergency Department TBI’s are relatively common >3 million TBI’s in the US annually 2.5