93% of patients for whom a Stroke Alert was activated had at least one vascular risk factor. Univariate analysis found that seizure history, seizure at onset, negative findings on neurological exam, and lower scores on three different stroke scales/screen were associated with stroke mimic. ...
The physician may then gently stroke the child to maintain arousal, while examining the closest eye. An older child is usually cooperative sitting in a parent's lap while the other parent engages the child with a bright toy or object held directly in front of the child. The color of the ...
Realistically, however, in today's world of acute stroke metrics including door-to-CT and door-to-TPA times, with many institutions (including my own) embracing a "direct-to-CT" clinical pathway, the time that an ED provider spends with his/her hands on a patient with an acute neurologic...
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Case 3. Perinatal Stroke Among the studied children, one presented tonic–clonic seizures early at birth with neuroimaging compatible with an embolic stroke. The cranial circumference at birth was normal (percentile 11). His mother tested positive for ZIKV-IgG and ZIKV-PRNT but negative for ZIKV...
Definition Suppose that you are jogging with a friend when you notice numbness on the right side of your body. Your friend continues to jog ahead while you are unable to run. You try to call out for help, but you are suddenly unable to speak. Your vision becomes cloudy and you experienc...
Similarly, accelerometry quantifies hand tremor and sway to distinguish healthy subjects from people with Parkinson’s Disease, acute ischemic stroke, and essential tremor [12, 13]. However, while qualitatively distinguishing “healthy volunteers” (HV) from people with identified neurological disease ...
physical activity, but all studies have so far been conducted on those under 65 years of age, and its effect on elderly persons with these diseases is not known; (iii) exercise and customary activities (walking and swimming) should be encouraged and promoted in elderly persons after stroke. ...
This is the only convenient, reliable way to watch out for high blood pressure, because the condition is known for showing few symptoms. That’s how it earned the nickname “the silent killer.” High blood pressure can raise your risk of stroke, heart failure, and heart attacks, but it ...
A retrospective chart review is being conducted of patients who were evaluated and examined virtually and in-person within 4 months in the outpatient general neurology, cognitive neurology, neuromuscular, and stroke clinics at two tertiary care centers at the University of Toronto during the COVID-19...