Doctor reveals how his quick diagnosis averted an emergency landing
Case report: Passenger appeared to have a stroke mid-flight, however a blocked eustachian tube was diagnosed, recounts Dr Alan Hunter.
Tag: Neurology – Stroke and TIA
Q&A: What will it take to make every ambulance ‘stroke-capable’?
Portable brain imaging devices key to the revolution, say the project leads.
Low LDL levels may increase stroke risk
Data on intracerebral bleeding will help guide decisions for patients at risk, say researchers.
Any infection can trigger acute stroke
Study shows greatest association is with UTI that leads to a fivefold increase in stroke risk.
Mobile stroke units improve door-to-puncture time
Patients in the mobile stroke unit group received intra-arterial thrombectomy 10 minutes sooner, study shows
TIA more likely to be missed in women
The findings hold true, even when they have similar symptoms: study.
New guidelines aim to improve rehab for children after stroke
More than half of children with stroke have long-term disabilities
Intensive blood pressure reduction in acute ischaemic stroke: mixed results
Authors say it is safe, at least, and the risk of intracranial bleeding is reduced.
Flu raises chance of stroke and persists for a year
The risk is particularly high in the fortnight afterwards, study finds.
Many Aust stroke patients ‘miss out on vital rehab’
Call for systems to assess all stroke patients' rehabilitation needs.
