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Indications for tPA in Stroke:
 • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke
 • Measurable neurologic deficit
 •
Clinical diagnosis ... of ischemic stroke ... incomplete list): • Ischemic ... #tPA #Stroke #cva ... #management #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management ... Algorithm Clinical ... Immediate Workup Ischemic ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Algorithm and Management ... subarachnoid hemorrhage Ischemic ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Stroke ... #CVA #Differential
Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor
risk transient ischaemic ... attack and minor ischaemic ... stroke: a clinical ... risk TIA or minor ischaemic ... #Management #Aspirin
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
after TIA or Acute Ischemic ... neurological deficit → No clinical ... worsening or clinical ... #CVA #neurology ... #management
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
MRI Findings in Stroke ... row) of an acute ischemic ... it possible to differentiate ... #Progression #Stroke ... #CVA #Clinical
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... i.e. mesenteric ischemia ... finding is an urgent indication ... hepatology #liver #pocus ... #clinical #air
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... • <6mo since stroke ... medical and surgical management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... , - regional ischemia ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... - regional ischemia ... - Mesenteric ischemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... perfusion → renal ischemia