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Acute Ischemic Stroke Diagnosis and Management

#Ischemic #Stroke #Acute #Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Acute Ischemic Stroke ... Diagnosis and Management ... #Ischemic #Stroke ... #Acute #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Hypertensive Emergency and Hypertensive Crisis - Blood Pressure Targets
 • Hypertensive Emergency
 • Ischemic Stroke (w/
Hypertensive Emergency ... EmergencyIschemic ... Stroke (w/ tPA, ... • Hemorrhagic Stroke ... Targets #Goals #management
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
hypertensive emergency ... mm is needed to cause ... - Myocardial ischemia ... type-II myocardial ischemia ... #Emergency #Diagnosis
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Management Algorithm ... Urgency/Emergency ... Hemorrhage • Acute Ischemic ... Stoke* • Aortic ... #Management #Algorithm
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Stroke Etiologies ... Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH) Ischemic ... artery dissection, Hypotension ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management ... Immediate Workup ... Ischemic Stroke ... #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... • Trauma • Stroke ... Hemorrhage • Ischemia ... #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #Causes
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia ... signs of cardiac ischaemia ... possible. ❺ If ischaemia ... #Cardiac #Ischemia ... #Diagnosis #Management
Important Blood Pressure Targets in the ED
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: 
    SBP < 140 -
MAP > 80 Acute Ischemic ... DBP < 105 Acute Ischemic ... Stroke - Not TPA ... SarahFoohey #emergency ... targets #goals #management
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
up an ischemic CVA ... ) B) Evaluate ischemic ... udaygulati #ischemic ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist