There are familiar and useful pointers in the story even though the patient or their relatives
may not have had a chance to work out what it is they can and cannot do. The symptoms …

All patients with acute cerebrovascular symptoms require rapid and thorough evaluation
unless their general health or neurological status is so poor that no treatment would be …

Stroke (noun): a sudden disabling attack... caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to
the brain, especially through thrombosis Stroke is a considerable cause of mortality and …

The specialty of Emergency Medicine has come a long way in 36 years. As our specialty has
changed so have others. In the early years of the NHS, most hospital consultants were …

The headlines of the first nine chapters about diagnosis of stroke are formulated as
questions:'Where is the lesion? What pathological type of stroke is it?', etc. The second nine …

Correspondence to: j. dawson@ clinmed. gla. ac. uk and/or early misdiagnosis. 10Low
uptake of acute treatment is particularly apparent in the UK, which currently holds 15th place …

Stroke: how to treat patients with acute ischemic infarction - Document - Gale Academic
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'Brain attack'is an alternative term used to describe the acute presentation of stroke and TIA,
which removes the requirement for a delay of 24 hours to diagnose stroke. This term also …

Having a stroke is a life changing event. It affects family dynamics, is emotionally taxing and
can be devastating for families and patients. This chapter aims to clarify signs and symptoms …