Is it a stroke?

Stroke is increasingly common and often fatal or disabling.1 The absence of a definitive diagnostic test for stroke and the potential for emergency interventions to restore brain perfusion,2 improve survival free of handicap, and minimise early recurrent stroke3 mean that doctors need to be able to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ (Online) 2015-01, Vol.350 (jan15 1), p.h56-h56
Hauptverfasser:	Hankey, Graeme J, Blacker, David J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Consciousness Convulsions & seizures Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic tests Early Diagnosis Emergency medical care Epilepsy Fainting Headaches Hemorrhage Humans Intracranial Thrombosis - diagnosis Ischemia Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurologic Examination - methods PRACTICE POINTER Retina Speech Spinal cord Spinal Puncture - methods Stroke Stroke - diagnosis Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - diagnosis Thrombosis Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:	Stroke is increasingly common and often fatal or disabling.1 The absence of a definitive diagnostic test for stroke and the potential for emergency interventions to restore brain perfusion,2 improve survival free of handicap, and minimise early recurrent stroke3 mean that doctors need to be able to diagnose acute stroke rapidly and accurately.
ISSN:	0959-8138 1756-1833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.h56