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angioedema
photoclinic
Alteplase-Induced Hemi-Orolingual Angioedema
09/22/2024

Robert Kim, MD1 • Zeeshan Khan, MD2 • Maria Ciminelli, MD3

Robert Kim, MD1 • Zeeshan Khan, MD2 •...
A 63-year-old man with a medical history significant for Bell palsy, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and hepatitis C virus...
09/22/2024
Research Summary
Brain
Research Summary
Risk of Dementia Increases in People the First Year After a Stroke
06/05/2024

Jessica Ganga

Jessica Ganga
A team of researchers sought to establish the risk of a patient developing dementia after experiencing a stroke.
06/05/2024
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 72-Year-Old Man With Recently Diagnosed Lung Cancer
05/14/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
A 72-year-old man presented to the hospital for an apparent thrombotic stroke. Regarding the present illness, the patient’s history began about 3 months prior, when a friend noticed that the patient’s left...
05/14/2024

Interactive Features

Poll
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Poll
Lowering Blood Pressure After Stroke
04/25/2024
Lowering blood pressure is one way to reduce an individual’s risk of stroke. But when is the optimal time to lower blood pressure in an individual who has just had a stroke? Let us know by taking our poll. ...
04/25/2024
Pop Quiz
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Pop Quiz
Stroke-Related Mortality Trends
04/03/2024
Are you familiar with the latest trends in stroke-related mortality in the United States? Take this quick pop quiz to test your knowledge!
04/03/2024
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Brain scan
legal pearl
Physician, Radiologist Liable for "Locked-In Syndrome" Diagnosis
03/07/2024
A jury recently found an emergency department (ED) physician and radiologist liable for failing to diagnose a brain-stem stroke in a patient who was subsequently left with “locked-in syndrome,” which is...
03/07/2024
Legal pearl
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Legal pearl
An On-Call Clinician’s “Duty of Care”
11/25/2023

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
A court determines whether a patient-physician relationship is created when the treating doctor consults with an on-call doctor.
11/25/2023
Nutritional Pearl
Multiple coffee mugs on a table.
Nutritional Pearl
Drinking Coffee and Tea May Reduce Risk of Stroke, Dementia
04/16/2023
Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a family history of dementia. She asks you if her coffee intake would increase her risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.
04/16/2023

Clinical Insights

podcast
Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS
podcast
Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, and Autoimmune Disease
07/06/2023
In this podcast, Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, talks about inflammatory biomarkers of mortality in women with stroke and rheumatoid arthritis, including whether stroke history modifies the effect of...
07/06/2023
Nutrition
Nutrition
The Role of Ketone Bodies in Stroke
01/08/2022
Michelle Puchowicz, PhD, from the University of Tennessee, writes about how ketones or ketosis is induced by diet, how it might be neuroprotective, and the steps needed to know for sure.
01/08/2022
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Shortening Door-to-Needle Times in Acute Ischemic Stroke
08/11/2020
In this podcast, Shumei Man, MD, PhD discusses the findings from her recent study, which indicated that shorter thrombolytic door-to-needle times were associated with lower all-cause readmission and lower...
08/11/2020
Stroke
Stroke
Louis Caplan, MD, on Lacunar Stroke, Penetrating Artery Disease
07/01/2020
In this podcast, Louis Caplan, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center talks about detecting penetrating artery disease, prevention of events, and the antiplatelet agents used to treat such events. ...
07/01/2020
Stroke
Stroke
Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD, on the Gut-Brain Axis in Stroke
10/29/2019
She discusses her research on the connection between the microbiome and stroke, a topic she also presented about at the American Neurological Association's 2019 Annual Meeting.
10/29/2019