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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)]. Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. 16) Linzer M. Estes NA 3rd. Vorperian VR. Diagnosing syncope.