Missed Ischemic Stroke Diagnosis in the Emergency Department by Emergency Medicine and Neurology Services [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Atypical symptoms associated with posterior circulation strokes lead to misdiagnoses. This was true at both an academic center and a large community hospital. Future studies need to focus on the evaluation of identification systems and tools in the emergency department to improve the accuracy of stroke diagnosis.

Source: Stroke - February 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Arch, A. E., Weisman, D. C., Coca, S., Nystrom, K. V., Wira, C. R., Schindler, J. L. Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research