HemorrhagicStroke All patients with an acute hemorrhagicstroke in whom surgical intervention is a consideration should be admitted to an intensive care unit under the care of a neurologist or a neurosurgeon. If this is unavailable at the evaluating…
…noted. Supportive care involving attention to airway management and perfusion is of the highest priority. Patients with hemorrhagicstroke are more likely to have an altered level of consciousness that may progress rapidly to unresponsiveness requiring emergent…
From: Marx: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed.; Chapter 99 – Stroke >> CLINICAL FEATURES
HemorrhagicStroke The classic presentation of ICH is the sudden onset of headache…precipitously. The respiratory pattern also may be affected in hemorrhagicstroke. Cheyne-Stokes respirations (increasing and decreasing depth of…
HemorrhagicStroke The differential diagnosis for ICH is similar to that of ischemic stroke and includes migraine, seizure, tumor, abscess, hypertensive…
…transient ischemic attack is a major risk factor for hemorrhagicstrokehemorrhagicstroke should remain an absolute contraindication. after treatment with fibrinolytic therapy. A history…to fibrinolytic therapy. A history of previous
…Collaborative Group120 concluded that “clearly, age alone should no longer be considered a contraindication to fibrinolytic therapy.” Patients older than 75 years do have a higher incidence of hemorrhagicstroke than younger patients.
…noted. Supportive care involving attention to airway management and perfusion is of the highest priority. Patients with hemorrhagicstroke are more likely to have an altered level of consciousness that may progress rapidly to unresponsiveness requiring emergent…
