London Trauma Conference Day 2
London Trauma Conference 2013 – Day 2 by Dr Louisa Chan So I find myself torn today: do I join […]
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Early surgery for intracerebral haemorrhage
To operate or not to operate on patients with an intracerebral haematoma? Deep ones can be tricky and risk damage […]
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Lowering the BP rapidly in ICH
In our retrieval service case reviews, one thing that is that sure to generate discussion is what to do about […]
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Clopidogrel and aspirin for TIA
A large Chinese trial compared aspirin alone with combination aspirin / clopidogrel in patients who had had a TIA in […]
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Stroke thrombolysis outcomes from registry
Data from a large national stroke registry are reported to show that in patients who received tPA, outcomes were worse […]
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Endovascular stroke treatment
Two randomised controlled trials have been published which compare endovascular stroke treatments with intravenous tPA. Both the American Interventional Management […]
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Magnesium doesn't improve SAH outcome
A multicentre RCT showed intravenous magnesium sulphate does not improve clinical outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, therefore routine administration of […]
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Emergency physicians providing stroke 'lysis in the UK
Although the worldwide emergency medicine community is split in its support for stroke thrombolysis, those who work in centres where […]
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Early CT may rule out subarachnoid haemorrhage
A multicentre Canadian study challenges the practice of routine lumbar puncture after negative CT in patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage. […]
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CVT guideline
Thanks to neuro-icu.com for highlighting this one: The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have produced guidelines for the […]