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Ep 194 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Recognition, Workup and Diagnosis Deep Dive

ECG Cases

Katie Lin for a deep dive into why we still miss this life-threatening diagnosis, the key clinical clues, proper use of decision tools, indications for CT, indications for CTA, indications for LP and CSF interpretation for the sometimes elusive diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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2024 AHA/ASA Performance and Quality Measures for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Report From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association released a revised spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage guideline in 2022. A working group of stroke experts reviewed this guideline and identified a subset of recommendations that were deemed suitable for creating performance measures.

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Abstract NS7: Improving Emergency Department Hemorrhagic Stroke Management

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ANS7-ANS7, February 1, 2024. Project analysis began by identifying care opportunities. Development of such a process raised the standard of care for this patient population and leads to overall improvement in patient management.

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Faster brain hemorrhage treatment increases survival odds, new study finds

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Taking an anticoagulant, or blood-thinning medication, can increase one's risk of—or exacerbate—a brain bleed, also known as a brain hemorrhage, which is the deadliest type of stroke. Now, new research finds that faster treatment for these patients is associated with a greater likelihood of survival.

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Abstract 4148181: Neutrophil and Leucocyte Ratio and LDL to HDL ratios as predictors of Hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke patients : A systematic review

Circulation

Background:Following an ischemic stroke, a serious complication known as hemorrhagic transformation (HT) might jeopardize patient outcomes. Following an ischemic stroke, an increased incidence of HT, especially parenchymal hematoma (PH), has been associated with greater NLR.

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Triglyceride-glucose index: a novel evaluation tool for all-cause mortality in critically ill hemorrhagic stroke patients-a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Hemorrhagic stroke (HS), including non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), constitutes a substantial proportion of cerebrovascular incidents, accounting for around 30% o.

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Association of Anticoagulant Use With Hemorrhage Location and Etiology in Incident Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:It is unknown whether hypertensive microangiopathy or cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) predisposes more to anticoagulant-associated intracerebral hemorrhage (AA-ICH). Of the 1104 patients, 268 (24.3%) had AA-ICH: 148 (55.2%) with vitamin K antagonists and 107 (39.9%) with direct oral anticoagulants.