JC: is Persistent Functional deficit following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury more common than we thought?
Is Persistent Functional deficit following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury more common than we thought?
Neurology
Are CT scanners getting more sensitive at detecting Subarachnoid haemorrhage?
There is no doubt that sub-arachnoid haemorrhage is an important diagnosis in the emergency department. It is arguably especially important in the cohort of patients who present with lesser signs/symptoms
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Re-evaluating risk factors for Cauda Equina
The diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome in the emergency department is complex and has the potential for significant patient harm if we get it wrong. Linda Dykes put together an
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Post-vaccine headache in the Emergency Department: what you need to know. St Emlyn’s
I am sure you all saw the recent MHRA press release and guidance, discussing the issue of a possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine and a rare type of
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JC: Haloperidol for Headaches. St Emlyn’s
Lone acute severe headaches are a common and sometimes complex presentation to all Emergency Departments. There are obviously life threatening causes of a headache that we rule out with judicious
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JC: TICH TICH BOOM? TXA in ICH. St Emlyn’s
TXA. Huh. Good god y’all. What is it good for? Absolutely everything. This appears to be the alternative hypothesis for the TICH-2 study 1, published last week in the Lancet.
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JC: Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Decision Rules & Overtesting Headaches
Headache is a pretty common reason for presentation to the Emergency Department – so common, in fact, that it has two curriculum sections of its own (and we’ve already produced an
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Let’s talk about subarachnoid haemorrhage
subarachnoid management and diagnosis in the emergency department. St.Emlyn’s controversies in the use of CT scanning lumbar puncture LP and medical therapy.
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