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Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
vision loss • Facial ... speech • Time is brain ... Management #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential #neurology ... #CVA
Progression of Imaging Findings in Acute Stroke - Timeline
Onset → Hours → Days → Weeks →
• Non-Enhanced CT ... CBarreraMD #CVA ... #Timeline #diagnosis ... #Progression #radiology ... #neurology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
(core, penumbra ... NCCT or • MRI brain ... #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
Evolution of stroke ... on CT and MRI. ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
presentation • Lyme Serology ... CN7, parotid), CT ... middle ear/temporal bone ... Eyecare (prevent corneal ... Management #Treatment #Neurology
Timeline for Progression of T2WI and DWI Findings in Acute Stroke
 - In the acute phase
- DWI in brain ... only positive for one ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
system between the cortex ... located on only one ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... Transplantation including bone ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... autoimmune response gone ... awry in the brain ... neurotransmitter in the brain ... Management #treatment #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
nasopharyngeal CA ... CN VII (facial weakness ... MRI brain and C-spine ... showed bony enhancement ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology