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Stroke; Roadside to Resus
FromThe Resus Room
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jul 15, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Stroke is a common presentation to all Emergency Health care providers, with around 150,000 strokes occurring in the UK each year! Our impact and treatment can be hugely significant and in this podcast we’re going to conver the topic in some depth, and importantly cover some of the new Guidance published by NICE in their ‘Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in the over 16’s diagnosis and initial management’ document that was published in May of this year. We'll be running through Definition Pathophysiology Territories Risk factors Assessment; both prehospitally and in hospital Stroke mimics Investigations As always we’d love to hear any thoughts or comments you have on the website and via twitter. Enjoy! Simon, Rob & James References Stroke & Dizziness; PHEMCAST RCEMLearning; RCEM Belfast Vertigo Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management. NICE guideline.Published: 1 May 2019 Acute Stroke Lecture notes; LITFL Stroke Thrombolysis; LITFL Are you at risk of a Stroke; Stroke Association Modifiable Risk Factors for Stroke and Strategies for Stroke Prevention.Hill VA. Semin Neurol. 2017 A systematic review of stroke recognition instruments in hospital and prehospital settings. Rudd M. Emerg Med J. 2016 Acute Stroke Diagnosis.Kenneth S. Yew. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Imaging of acute stroke prior to treatment: current practice and evolving techniques.G Mair. Br J Radiol. 2014 Should CT Angiography be a Routine Component of Acute Stroke Imaging?Vanja Douglas. Neuro hospitalist. 2015 Comparative Sensitivity of Computed Tomography vs. Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detecting Acute Posterior Fossa Infarct. David Y Hwang. J Emerg Med. 2013 Posterior circulation ischaemic stroke. A Merwick BMJ 2014 Prehospital stroke scales as screening tools for early identification of stroke and transient ischemic attack (Review)Zhelev Z, Walker G, Henschke N, Fridhandler J, Yip S. 2019. Cochrane.
Released:
Jul 15, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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