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Snake bite: An unusual cause of ischaemic stroke
Snake bite continues to be one of the major and potential contributors for morbidity and mortality in India. Intracranial haemorrhage causing neurological deficits is a known entity due to snake bite but presentation with infarction is rare. The authors report a case of a healthy middle aged female who presented within hours of envenomation with altered sensorium and evaluation revealed left hemiplegia with deranged coagulation profile and multiple ischaemic infarcts instead of haemorrhage as a consequence of vasculotoxic envenomation due to viper bite.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - May 31, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Management of atrial fibrillation: An Australian survey
Conclusion Australian GPs are actively engaged in managing AF, and appear to be well resourced. Importantly, there is a greater focus on the benefits of therapy during decision-making, rather than on the risks. However, medication safety considerations affecting routine management of therapy remain key concerns, with patients’ adherence to therapy a major determinant in decision-making.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - November 14, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Rasmussen's Encephalitis: A case report
Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare neurological disorder of inflammatory aetiology characterised by encephalitis, intractable seizures, hemiparesis, variable motor deficits, and dementia. It is not commonly considered in the clinical differential diagnosis of a patient with a past history of a stroke-like episode presenting with status epilepticus. It is suspected mainly in children in whom the disease is more common. Here we report a case of an adult man presenting with a common symptom of seizure caused by Rasmussen’s encephalitis.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 28, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Electronic discharge summary driving advice: current practice and future directions
Conclusion The documentation of driving advice in electronic discharge summaries is poor. This has important public health, ethical and medico-legal implications. Avenues for future research are explored
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - August 9, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Acute Ischaemic Stroke Prediction from Physiological Time Series Patterns
Conclusion We demonstrated that using trend pattern features in prediction methods improved the accuracy of stroke outcome prediction. Therefore, trend patterns of physiological time series data have an important role in the early treatment of patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - May 9, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Low Utilization of Thrombolysis in Stroke in Australia
Conclusion A late patient presentation represents the most significant barrier to utilising thrombolysis in the acute stroke setting. Thrombolysis continues to be currently underutilised in potentially eligible patients, and additional research is needed to identify more precise criteria for selecting patients for thrombolysis.
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 15, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research