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Blood Pressure Management for Neurologic Emergencies
 - SAH 
 - ICH 
 - TBI 
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Blood Pressure Management ... for Neurologic ... Glaspey, DO #BloodPressure ... #Neurology #Emergency ... #Management #Goals
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Stroke Mimics - ... Differential Diagnosis ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Ischemic Stroke - Blood Pressure Management
 • No tPA  < 220 / 120 (permissive hypertension)
Ischemic Stroke ... Blood Pressure Management ... #BloodPressure ... #hypertension #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke - Timeline
Candidate for tPA:
 - Goal SBP <185 AND
Blood pressure management ... acute ischemic stroke ... #Bloodpressure ... #management #ischemic ... #Timeline #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Stroke Evaluation ... and Management ... #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
functions - Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... multiple ischemic stroke ... #Differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Syndrome #Treatment #Management ... #Neurology
Important Blood Pressure Targets in the ED
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: 
    SBP < 140 -
Acute Ischemic Stroke ... Acute Ischemic Stroke ... Hypertensive Encephalopathy ... #emergency #bloodpressure ... targets #goals #management
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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of Hemiplegia - Differential ... • Aphasia • Apraxia ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Diagnosis • Neurologic ... : Stroke, Cerebral ... Uremia, Hepatic encephalopathy ... #Status #AMS #Differential