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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... NCCT) head (r/o hemorrhage ... sn/sp) or • CTA ... Defined if 1) CT ... stroke #workup #diagnosis
Causes of Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic, Subarachnoid - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic
 • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Intracerebral Hemorrhage ... #Stroke #CVA ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatic Masses on CT - Differential Diagnosis by CT Findings

Masses: Hemangioma, Adenoma, FNH, HCC, Fibrolamellar HCC,
Hepatic Masses on CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... by CT Findings ... Hepatic #Masses #CT ... #CTA #differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management Hemorrhagic ... Venous Thrombosis, Hemorrhagic ... SCVMCMed #Stroke #CVA ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Progression of Imaging Findings in Acute Stroke - Timeline
Onset → Hours → Days → Weeks →
• Non-Enhanced CT ... CBarreraMD #CVA ... Stroke #Timeline #diagnosis
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Vitreous Hemorrhage ... on Ocular POCUS ... blindness, opt for CT ... /detachment diagnosis ... #Ocular #POCUS
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
deficit → Exclude hemorrhagic ... transformation by brain CT ... deficit → Exclude hemorrhagic ... transformation by brain CT ... #TIA #Stroke #CVA
Miosis Causes - 4 P's Mnemonic
Constricted: pupils < 2mm, Pinpoint: pupils < 1mm
 • Pain Killer:
Pons: Pontine hemorrhage ... / CVA • Pilocarpine ... #differential #diagnosis
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage ... Mimics #Mnemonic #CVA ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
FAST - Cardiac Tamponade - Torn atrial appendage.
WCUME 2017 Submission for Best POCUS - Massive hemopericardium
Submission for Best POCUS ... - Sacramento, CA ... #Peds #Trauma #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #SC4C #Hemorrhagic ... Hemopericardium #Hemorrhage