Background: Patients who present with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at higher risk of subsequent stroke, especially in the short term (< 7 days). However, the majority of these patients do not experience strokes which leads to a clinical ...
Background: Headache was the 5th most common reason for patients to present to the emergency department in the US in 2016. Often ED providers include IV fluid boluses in their headache treatment cocktail, with prior research demonstrating IV fluids are ...
Background: Alteplase has been the accepted thrombolytic for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) for 25 years. However, recent data has emerged regarding tenectaplase as an alternative. Tenecteplase is a modified form of alteplase, with a lower cost and more favorable pharmacokinetic ...
Background Information: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a diagnostic challenge to providers and a significant burden on healthcare systems globally. Despite the advancement of invasive medical therapies such as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) at designated cardiac ...
Background: Intravenous alteplase is the current standard care for treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) despite active debate on the research supporting its use. The window for its use has been restricted to <3h of symptom onset based on the ...
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