EMDocs

JULY 20, 2023

Patient had to be able to be randomized between 6-24 hours after last known well. Pre-stroke disability had to be insignificant measured by mRS (modified Rankin Scale) of 0 or 1. Take away: Positive trial The study used superior imaging techniques and extensive stroke care that may not be readily available at smaller facilities.

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Stroke Outcomes Head Injuries Psychiatric 97

EMDocs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Inclusion criteria: Enrolled patients over the age of 18 with acute ischemic stroke with CTA confirmed occlusion of ICA, or M1 or M2 segment of MCA Within 4.5 Inclusion criteria: Enrolled patients over the age of 18 with acute ischemic stroke with CTA confirmed occlusion of ICA, or M1 or M2 segment of MCA Within 4.5 N Engl J Med.

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Stroke Outcomes Operations Hospitals 94

Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2025

As a physician, scientist, wellness/longevity podcaster, and Ironman Triathlete, I strongly support healthy life choices. However, a meta-analysis of 30 observational studies across 13 countries found that higher levels of linoleic acid in the blood were associated with a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.

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Wellness Stroke Research 112

PEMBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

Pediatric strokes are rare and challenging to diagnose. There is a validated Pediatric Stroke Scale from the NIH that can be used in conjunction with a stroke protocol that involves Neurology, Radiology, and a local/regional Stroke Team. Early consultation with a pediatric hematologist and neurologist is mandatory.

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Stroke Pediatrics Blood Transfusions Radiology 59

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 16, 2024

The other unbelievable thing about TAVR is that strokes are less common than you’d think. Well, there is less debris than I would have thought. Early studies show that the device catches debris that would have occluded blood vessels in the brain—iow, caused stroke. lower rate of stroke in the treatment arm.

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Stroke Shock Wellness Outcomes 74

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

That means reducing events caused by clots—like stroke. The OCEANIC AF trial enrolled patients with AF who had stroke risk factors. The primary outcome was stroke or systemic embolism. But, ultimately, a new medical intervention has to improve an important outcome as well as or better than standard care.

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Stroke Outcomes Wellness 126

Ultrasound Gel

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Well - that very well may be the case, but hear me out- this is a fascinating idea. This article presents a novel strategy for searching for embolic etiologies in the acute phase of ischemic strokes (which means even climbing into CT with a handheld device!). I know your first thought - is this for real?! you may rightfully ask.

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Stroke Wellness 52

ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

The clinical policy on the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute ischemic stroke, was approved by the ACEP Board of Directors in April 2023. You can find it on ACEP’s website, www.acep.org/clincialpolicies , as well as in the ECRI Guidelines Trust. Level B recommendations: None specified.

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Stroke Wellness Emergency Department Hospitals 52

Emergency Live

AUGUST 9, 2024

Besides causing the most well-known headaches, nausea and dizziness, they can have very serious consequences, especially on the liver. “Heat stroke” lethal for our body […] The post Heat stroke: a serious risk for the liver appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Stroke Wellness 52

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Many doctors believe that closing the left atrial appendage (with a device) will help reduce stroke and bleeding. The idea behind stroke reduction is that occluding the appendage takes away a common area where clots form. I’ve already told you that peri-device leaks are associated with an increase in stroke risk.

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Stroke Outcomes Ultrasounds Wellness 133

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 20, 2022

Fragility Index Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Shows Highly Robust Evidential Strength for Benefit of The post SGEM Xtra: Are tPA Stroke Trials Really Fragile? I knew about Jeff from his multiple publications in the stroke literature. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. This is an SGEM Xtra.

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Stroke Best Practices EMS Research 52

Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

” Yes, I have seen clerking look like this and I can confirm, it does not go down well. Examples of examination findings you might find helpful to keep in mind (list not exhaustive): GCS 15/15- alert, orientated, looks comfortable, warm and well perfused, in obvious pain, looks pale and clammy etc.

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Documentation/Coding COPD EKG/ECG Wellness 95

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 28, 2023

I describe it here for two reasons: it is an example of well-conducted unbiased study, and it deals with an increasingly common problem of short-duration episodes of atrial fibrillation. Some background: In patients with certain risk factors, AF increases the risk of having a stroke. The incidence of stroke was 0.9%

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Stroke Wellness EKG/ECG Outcomes 98

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A 90-something year old woman presented with an acute mild stroke. Instead — there are deep anterior S waves (ie, 20-25 mm in leads V1,V2 ) — as well as a prominent initial R wave in lead V1 and surprisingly tall ( = 10 mm ) R wave already by lead V2 — suggesting at the least LVH , and possible increased septal forces.

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Stroke EKG/ECG Wellness 70

Sensible Medicine

MAY 20, 2024

The authors chose a composite primary endpoint of three things: hemostatic efficacy as defined by expansion of the hematoma by 35% or less, an increase in the stroke scale called NIHSS by less than 7 points (0-42 scale), and no receipt of rescue therapy (like surgical drainage). Ischemic stroke occurred in 6.5% It was 10.3%

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Stroke Outcomes Hospitals Wellness 123

RebelEM

AUGUST 22, 2024

1,2 Intra-arterial (IA) tPA has also shown benefit but is less well studied. What They Did: Retrospective review of consecutive RAO cases managed as part of a remote ophthalmology consult protocol activated on May 1, 2021, at three stroke centers across a health system. Exclusion Criteria: Patients under 18 years of age.

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Stroke Administration Outcomes Documentation/Coding 85

EMDocs

JANUARY 29, 2024

This article will discuss blood pressure goals and preferred pharmacotherapy for non-traumatic ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Ischemic Strokes: Ischemic stroke is characterized by a blockage of a blood vessel in the brain. The BP targets for patients with ischemic strokes depend on the available therapeutic options.

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Stroke Outcomes EMS Seizures 99

Stop and Think

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For an older patient with stroke risk factors and 3 hours of AF on a cardiac device, pre-2023 thinking would have us leaning toward anticoagulation. Edoxaban reduced the primary endpoint of stroke, systemic embolism, and cardiovascular death by 19% (HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.60-1.08; hours) to edoxaban vs placebo. I don’t know.

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Stroke EKG/ECG Research Wellness 92

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

She is admitted with suspected stroke. Case 1: Excess An elderly woman is admitted to a community hospital with a minor stroke. And then, I guess because cancer-related hypercoagulability could conceivably cause a stroke, they went further. “Well, this isn’t really the aspect of my specialty that I specialize in.”

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Stroke Academics EKG/ECG Hospitals 106

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The authors chose to measure a primary outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke or repeat revascularization (either more stent procedures or surgeries). Curious for two reasons: First, instead of focusing on what happened with the primary outcome of death, MI, stroke and repeat procedures, they reported a slightly different outcome.

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Stroke Outcomes Wellness 114

AENJ: Current Issue

JULY 31, 2024

Stroke-like symptoms are a common complaint in the emergency department; however, signs of an acute cerebrovascular event in a patient under the age of 50 can be both alarming and unexpected. Originally deemed a “stroke code” in the field, the patient was immediately transferred to the computerized tomography scanner.

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Stroke Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Wellness 42

EM Literature of Note

MARCH 9, 2021

As we are well aware, a brain globally deprived of oxygen, for even the briefest moments, suffers irreversible damage. ” This “current literature” of which they speak is primarily a citation from last year’s Stroke , a single-center cohort study and updated patient-level meta-analysis.

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Stroke Outcomes Wellness 40

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Being perfectly honest, not all the articles have aged well. First, it renewed my faith that occasionally well-done studies address interesting and important questions. The primary outcome was stroke or systemic embolism and the primary safety outcome was major bleeding. There are some, however, that I remain proud of.

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Stroke Academics Outcomes Administration 98

Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

They set out to create a risk score to apply to patients who present to the ED with vertigo which would identify the patients at risk for serious pathology (which they defined as stroke, TIA, vertebral artery dissection, or brain tumor). Another limitation that is discussed is how “stroke” and “TIA” were determined in the study.

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Stroke Emergency Department Outcomes Radiology 87

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 1, 2021

Review article: Why is there still a debate regarding the safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis in the […] The post SGEM Xtra: The NNT is Mellow Yellow for tPA in Acute Ischemic Stroke first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med Australas 2016.

Stroke 52

Stroke Outcomes Wellness 52

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

Posterior circulation strokes make up 20 percent of all strokes but account for 40 percent of stroke misdiagnoses. Dizziness is especially tricky, with up to 40 percent of strokes presenting with dizziness being missed. The patient is anti-coagulated and does well. His blood pressure is 190 over 115.

Stroke 40

Stroke Documentation/Coding Poisoning Emergency Department 40

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Strokes and heart failure are the main complications of AF. And even when drugs suppress AF, trials failed to show that doing so reduces stroke or heart failure. What we want to know is whether that reduction in AF produces a placebo-resistant effect of improved well being. Plus, many patients have symptoms from AF.

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Stroke Outcomes Shock Research 102

Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The idea is to prevent stroke and reduce bleeding by plugging the appendage. But, get this: PREVAIL did not find noninferiority in its first co-primary endpoint of stroke, systemic embolism or cardiovascular death. It turns out the device performed less well during the pandemic. P-value now 0.049.

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Stroke Ultrasounds Outcomes Hospitals 142

Sensible Medicine

MAY 13, 2024

Since readers of Sensible Medicine are well versed in the tragic story of anti-arrhythmic drugs to treat PVCs after MI or hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women to prevent cardiac events, I know that you know that acceptance of a therapy by the medical establishment does not equal supporting evidence. I can’t explain it.

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Stroke Wellness 85

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In brief, the trial compared apixaban vs aspirin in patients who had had a stroke of unknown source and evidence of atrial cardiopathy. Recurrent stroke (the primary endpoint) occurred in 40 patients in each group. Apixaban did not reduce the rate of recurrent stroke over aspirin in these patients. The hazard ratio was 1.00.

Stroke 76

Stroke Outcomes Wellness EKG/ECG 76

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 25, 2020

Effectiveness of emergency physician determinations of the need for thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke. Effectiveness of emergency physician determinations of the need for thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke. She was last seen well two hours prior. There is no previous history of stroke. Reference: Juergens et al.

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Stroke Emergency Department Outcomes Administration 40

EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Admission allows for close monitoring, given the risks of perforation, ischemic bowel, and ulceration, as well as appropriate management of the condition and patient symptoms. A 73-year-old female is brought in by EMS for abdominal pain, vomiting, and weakness for two days.

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EMS Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation 98

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 17, 2024

Europeans do PFA ablation in well under an hour. Stroke occurred in 7 patients (0.12%). Notable also that in the main paper, there was one TIA in the PFA arm and one stroke in the thermal arm but neither of these were in the MRI subgroup of the study. Americans can’t seem to replicate that.

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Shock Stroke Operations Ultrasounds 127

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 29, 2024

4 However, emergency physicians rely on gestalt to predict outcomes well. In the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli, experienced emergency physicians’ gestalt performed similarly to prediction rules of PERC, Revised Geneva, and Wells. Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Kwong K, Wells GA, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2024;84(3):246-258.

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Emergency Department Mass Casualty Incidents Documentation/Coding Sepsis 59

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And lastly, it’s actually quite hard to see how well the cardiovascular system is working, and this is one of its measurable features. This works well for a while, but eventually, the heart beats too fast to fill adequately. The amount of blood that comes from the heart with each contraction is the stroke volume (SV).

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Shock Sepsis Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation 143

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 7, 2023

The patient needs a transvaginal ultrasound w/ doppler with gynecology consult and possible laparotomy TVUS is not just for torsion, it can also be used for ectopic pregnancies or pregnancy of unknown location Acute Ischemic Stroke Updates WITH Drs. The expanded window of 3-4.5 hours increased the NNT for a good outcome to 20.

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Stroke Outcomes EKG/ECG Research 93

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Ticagrelor and Aspirin or Aspirin Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA. NEJM […] The post SGEM#303: Two Can Make It – Less likely to have another stroke but more likely to have a bleed (THALES Trial) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Ticagrelor and Aspirin or Aspirin Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke or TIA.

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Stroke Emergency Department Research Wellness 40