STROKE THROMBOLYSIS &

STROKE MIMICS
STROKE & THE MED REG
 WHY IS AIS IMPORTANT?

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 THE CONTEXT

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INDEPENDENT
DEPENDENT
 THE QUINTESSENTIAL MEDICAL
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!THINK FAST!
EFFECT OF TREATMENT DELAY ON
OUTCOME
 WHAT IS A STROKE?

SUDDEN VASCULAR
ONSET EVENT

FOCAL NOT
NEUROLOGY HYPOGLYCAEMIC!!
MODIFIED RANKIN SCORES @ 3 MONTHS
0 1 2 3 4 5 Dead

Pooled placebo 14% 15% 11% 15% 20% 8% 17%

0–3 h (n=465)

Pooled alteplase 19% 23% 7% 14% 12% 7% 18%

0–3 h ( n=463)

SITS-MOST
19% 20% 16% 15% 14% 5% 11%
(n=6,136)

Wahlgren N et al. Lancet 2007; 369: 275−282.

 THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME

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• WHAT WOULD YOU DO
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO
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CASE - 24 HOURS
LATER…

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 WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

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 HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT
PATIENT
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Item Title Responses and scores Score
Time
1A Level of consciousness 0 Alert
1 Drowsy
2 Obtunded
3 Coma/unresponsive
1B Orientation questions (2) 0 Answers both correctly
(month, age) 1 Answers one correctly
2 Answers none correctly
1C Response to commands (2) 0 Performs both tasks correctly
(open/close eyes, make fist, release fist) 1 Performs one task correctly
2 Performs neither tasks
correctly

2 Gaze 0 Normal horizontal movements

(follows examiners finger or face through 1 Partial gaze palsy
full horizontal field) 2 Complete gaze palsy
3 Visual fields 0 No visual field defect
1 Partial hemianopia
2 Complete hemianopia
3 Bilateral hemianopia
4 Facial movement 0 Normal
1 Minor facial weakness
2 Partial facial weakness
3 Complete unilateral palsy
5 Motor function (arm) 0 No drift
1 Drift before 10 seconds Left
a. Left 2 Falls before 10 seconds
3 No effort against gravity Right
a. right 4 No movement

6 Motor function (leg) 0 No drift

1 Drift before 5 seconds Left
a. Left 2 Falls before 5 seconds
3 No effort against gravity Right
a. right 4 No movement

7 Limb ataxia 0 No ataxia

(finger-nose, heel down shin) 1 Ataxia in one limb
2 Ataxia in both limbs
8 Sensory loss 0 No sensory loss
1 Mild sensory loss
2 Severe sensory loss
9 Language 0 Normal
1 Mild aphasia
2 Severe aphasia
3 Mute or global aphasia
10 Articulation 0 Normal
1 Mild dysarthria
2 Severe dysarthria
11 Extinction or inattention 0 Absent
1 Mild (loss of 1 sensory modality)
2 Severe (loss of 2 sensory modalities)

TOTAL SCORE

Initials
“GET A SCAN”
PHONE A FRIEND!
 THE MAGIC
NUMBERS

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JUST DO IT!
DOSE CALCULATOR
 POST THROMBOLYSIS

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MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY

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MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY
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 WHERE THROMBECTOMY FITS IN

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ROLE OF CTA
 SYMPTOMS OF STROKE
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 STROKE DOES NOT RESULT IN
(as a general rule…)

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 STROKE MIMICS

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 CONCLUSIONS

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?QUESTIONS?