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Abstract 139: Association between Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Non-Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage in elderly patients. Whether CAA is associated with isolated subdural hemorrhage (SDH), without an accompanying intracerebral hemorrhage, remains unclear. and prevalent cerebrovascular disease (HR, 1.4; years (IQR, 1.0-3.9),

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Positive predictors of 7-day cardiac outcomes included age greater than 60 years , male gender, congestive heart failure , ischemic heart disease , cardiac arrhythmia , and valvular heart disease.