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Challenge of intravascular volume assessment in acute ischemic stroke
Retrospective data indicates that dehydration in acute ischemic stroke patients may be common, even though these patients frequently have elevated blood pressure. We sought to evaluate clinical and laboratory measures of intravascular volume status compared to more objective measures using ultrasound measurements of the inferior vena cava (IVC).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Joseph B. Miller, Alexander Lee, Julian P. Suszanski, Madison Tustian, Jessica Levely Corcoran, Steven Moore, Lauren Rodriguez, Christopher A. Lewandowski Source Type: research

Emergency medicine considerations in atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal heart rhythm which may lead to stroke, heart failure, and death. Emergency physicians play a role in diagnosing AF, managing symptoms, and lessening complications from this dysrhythmia.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Brit Long, Jennifer Robertson, Alex Koyfman, Kurian Maliel, Justin R. Warix Source Type: research

Patient, provider, and environmental factors associated with adherence to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular clinical practice guidelines in the emergency department
Myocardial infarction and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Both diseases have clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) specific to the emergency department (ED) that improve patient outcomes. Our primary objectives were to estimate differences in ED adherence across CPGs for these diseases and identify patient, provider, and environmental factors associated with adherence.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - December 28, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Stacy A. Trent, Michael A. Johnson, Erica A. Morse, Edward P. Havranek, Jason S. Haukoos Source Type: research

Red blood cell distribution width is associated with mortality in elderly patients with sepsis
RDW is a prognostic biomarker and associated with mortality in cardiovascular disease, stroke and metabolic syndrome. For elderly patients, malnutrition and multiple comorbidities exist, which could affect the discrimination ability of RDW in sepsis. The main purpose of our study was to evaluate the prognostic value of RDW in sepsis among elderly patients.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - October 25, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: An-Yi Wang, Wei-Fong Kao, Shin-Han Tsai Source Type: research

Cannabis can augment thrombolytic properties of rtPA: Intracranial hemorrhage in a heavy cannabis user
Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs in the United States and is considered to have several adverse health effects. There is evidence suggesting that its recreational use is associated with both increased cardio- and cerebrovascular events. Recently, multiple cases of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes associated with cannabis use were reported in the literature (Goyal et al., 2017). It has been suggested that cannabis can affect cerebral auto-regulation and vascular tone leading to vasoconstriction and acute ischemic stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 28, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amar Shere, Hemant Goyal Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Cannabis can augment thrombolytic properties of rtPA: Case report of an intracranial hemorrhage in a heavy cannabis user
Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs in the United States and is considered to have several adverse health effects. There is evidence suggesting that its recreational use is associated with both increased cardio- and cerebrovascular events. Recently, multiple cases of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes associated with cannabis use were reported in the literature (Goyal et al., 2017). It has been suggested that cannabis can affect cerebral auto-regulation and vascular tone leading to vasoconstriction and acute ischemic stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 28, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Amar Shere, Hemant Goyal Source Type: research

Predictors of false negative diffusion-weighted MRI in clinically suspected central cause of vertigo
Vertigo is classified as peripheral and central. Differentiation of stroke mimics is the most important diagnostic challenge. There is no clinical guidance for the indications of neuroimaging in isolated vertigo patients. The primary aim of this study is to test the diagnostic value of a DWI-MRI protocol to rule-out a central cause in patients with acute isolated vertigo in the ED.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 23, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ebru Unal Akoglu, Haldun Akoglu, Tuba Cimilli Ozturk, Bahaeddin Onur, Serkan Emre Eroglu, Ozge Onur, Arzu Denizbasi Source Type: research

Management of Factor Xa inhibitor-associated life-threatening major hemorrhage: A retrospective multi-center analysis
This study describes a cohort of patients with FXa inhibitor-associated life-threatening bleeding events, their clinical characteristics, interventions and outcomes.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - August 19, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Truman J. Milling, Carol L. Clark, Charles Feronti, Shlee S. Song, Sam S. Torbati, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeffrey Weiss, Dony Patel Source Type: research

Hemodynamic characteristics of suspected stroke in the emergency department
The objective of this study was to identify baseline hemodynamic characteristics of emergency department (ED) patients with suspected acute stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - August 7, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Joseph B. Miller, Richard M. Nowak, Brian P. Reed, Salvatore DiSomma, Prabath Nanayakkara, Michele Moyer, Scott Millis, Harish Kinni, Phillip Levy Source Type: research

The impact of IV alteplase on long-term patient survival: The Georgia Coverdell acute stroke registry's experience
This study assessed the impact of thrombolytic treatment by alteplase on 1-year mortality and readmission among acute ischemic stroke patients.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 31, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Moges S. Ido, Michael R. Frankel, Ike S. Okosun, Richard B. Rothenberg Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research

The impact of intravenous alteplase on long-term patient survival: The Georgia Coverdell acute stroke registry's experience
This study assessed the impact of thrombolytic treatment by alteplase on 1-year mortality and readmission among acute ischemic stroke patients.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 31, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Moges S. Ido, Michael R. Frankel, Ike S. Okosun, Richard B. Rothenberg Source Type: research

Chemotherapy induced stroke mimic: 5-Fluorouracil encephalopathy fulfilling criteria for tissue plasminogen activator therapy
Stroke mimics, especially those involving chemotherapy related neurotoxicity, can confound the clinical diagnosis of acute stroke. Here we describe the case of a 63year-old male with a recent history of stage IIIC colon cancer who presented with confusion on the second day of modified FOLFOX6 (5-fluorouracil/oxaliplatin) chemotherapy and subsequently received alteplase, tissue plasminogen activator therapy (tPA), for presumed ischemic stroke. Magnetic resonance imaging scans after tPA administration did not reveal evidence of an infarction and the patients' neurological symptoms resolved completely after discontinuation of...
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 6, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: May Thuy Nguyen, Robyn Stoianovici, Luigi Brunetti Source Type: research

Cerebellar stroke presenting with isolated dizziness: Brain MRI in 136 patients
To evaluate occurrence of cerebellar stroke in Emergency Department (ED) presentations of isolated dizziness (dizziness with a normal exam and negative neurological review of systems).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - June 21, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael D. Perloff, Nimesh S. Patel, Carlos S. Kase, Anuja U. Oza, Barbara Voetsch, Jose R. Romero Source Type: research