An evaluation of acute stroke ct protocol requests made in the emergency department

Conclusions Our results suggest a greater need to educate ED physicians in recognising posterior circulation stroke symptoms and stroke mimics as well as thrombolysis guidelines.2,3 This will help avoid unnecessary ordering of CTAs particularly for patients presenting outside the thrombolysis window. This will avoid contrast related complications and also result in significant cost savings.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research