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52 in 52 – #39: DAWN – Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct

EMDocs

Exclusion criteria: Medical history of severe head injury with lasting neurologic deficit in past 90 days. Pre-existing neurologic or psychiatric disease that would act to confound evaluation pre and post intervention. Prompt correction of NIHSS to less than 10 or vessel recanalization before randomization preformed.

Stroke 97
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Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)

Mind The Bleep

Treatment Strategies Like with all psychiatric conditions always consider a biopsychosocial approach. environmental factors, pain, infection, dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, head injury, medication etc) Does the individual have capacity? The green arrows represent insults causing a delirium e.g. infection.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

BROADSTOCK Suicidal Ideation & Behavior with Concomitant Substance-Use Difficult to distinguish suicidal ideation/behavior from primary decompensated psychiatric disease versus substance-induced in the ED Statement of Belief Aka pink slip, 72 hour hold, involuntary civil commitment, etc.