Therapeutic Dilemma of Wake-up Stroke: Clinical and Brain Imaging Characteristics and Reperfusion as a Treatment Option

Conclusions: Only minor dissimilarities between clinical and radiologic features of WUS and clear-onset stroke were found. Circadian patterns of stroke onset were observed in both groups. Stroke was more likely to occur during waking than during sleep, and a diurnal pattern of common occurrence during the morning was documented. Recognition of the acceptable timeframe for acute reperfusion therapy in unwitnessed strokes is crucial so that thrombolytic treatment can be started for these patients.PMID:36441986 | DOI:10.4088/PCC.21m03216

Source: Primary Care - November 28, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Erum Mubashir Shariff Fahd Ali Al Khmais Saima Nazish Noman Ishaque Aishah Ibrahim Al Bakr Reem S AlOmar Danah Aljaafari Mohammad AlShurem Azra Zafar Rizwana Shahid Sari AlSuhaibani Saeed Al-Jubran Nehad M Soltan Abdulaziz Mohammad Al-Sharydah Majed Alabd Source Type: research