The management of patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) can be difficult. Do they all need admission, or can low risk patients go home? How do we define low risk? Multiple scoring systems are in place to help answer that ...
Background: The mainstays for management of stroke include admission to a stroke center and management of modifiable risk factors.1,2,3 It is estimated that most strokes are ischemic (87%),4 and atrial fibrillation and/or flutter are thought to be responsible for approximately ...
Background Information: Hypothermia was first introduced in 2002 by two studies, Bernard et al and The Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest (HACA) trial.1,2 The latter, although a small trial, showed improved neurologic outcomes at six months when patients were cooled to ...
Background: Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are two of the most common dysrhythmias seen in the emergency department (ED). Rarely does a shift go by that you don’t see one or the other. For decades, there has been a debate ...
Background: Acute basilary artery occlusion has a high morbidity and mortality. Treatment strategies for acute basilar artery occlusion are rather sparse. Endovascular research over the last 5 years (REBEL EM Post) adds little to the conversation of these strokes as ...
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