Management of TIAs and Ischemic Stroke
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Stroke
- Definition: sudden & acute onset of focal neuro symptoms
- U.S.: ~750,000 strokes annually
- 3rd leading cause of death for adults
- Leading cause of disability in adults
- 2% occur in people <age 65
- Urgent attention
- Goals: emergency evaluation
- Rule out hemorrhage or other disorder.
- Assess possible reversibility.
- Assess likelihood of complications.
- Begin appropriate treatment.
- Etiologies addressed in ICU
- Ischemic strokes
- Large-vessel thrombosis status post treatment w/ thrombolytics
- Crescendo TIAs: recurrent & increasing frequency of TIAs
- Most commonly due to carotid disease
- Heparinize & stabilize while preparing for urgent surgery (CEA).
- Malignant MCA: very large stroke associated w/ decline in mental status
- May require surgical decompression
- Watershed infarct: involves border zones between arterial distributions
- Due to generalized hypoperfusion
- Hemorrhagic strokes
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