Stroke Infarction: Thrombolysis
IV thrombolysis for stroke improves outcomes when given within 9 hours. Requires rapid imaging, specialist input, and strict eligibility criteria
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FFS: Lateral medullary syndrome
Lateral medullary (Wallenberg) syndrome is a rare brainstem stroke due to vertebral or PICA occlusion, presenting with vertigo, dysphagia, and cranial nerve signs.
Stroke Infarction: Basilar Artery
Basilar artery stroke is a severe posterior circulation infarction. Early recognition and timely thrombolysis or clot retrieval are key to improving outcomes.
Stroke Infarction: Posterior Circulation
Posterior circulation stroke: challenging diagnosis with subtle signs. Includes classification, investigation, thrombolysis, and management of basilar infarction.
CT Case 061
A 36-year-old female presents with sudden onset right sided facial drop, right hemiparesis and dysarthria.
Clot retrieval for stroke
A case example of a large vessel obstruction of the brain and our current techniques available to treat it. How we make decisions on endovascular treatment and management points for emergency and intensive care colleagues.
The Use of Thrombolysis as a Treatment for Acute Stroke
Do we, as a global medical profession, truly know whether or not tPA is a beneficial treatment early on in the presentation of a CVA?
Busting the clotbusters (from SMACC 2013)
As revenge for an incident best left unmentioned, Chris Nickson of litfl.com handed me the poisoned chalice of speaking on tPA for stroke at SMACC 2013. This is the result. (Un)fortunately there is no actual video footage as I wasn’t…
A Stroke of Insight
A few years ago I was looking after an elderly woman in the emergency department who had suffered a stroke. She was aphasic --- unable to understand speech or create comprehensible sentences.