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What are the 5 aspect of acute stroke management to improve outcome?

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  • Stroke care in specialised units
  • Platelet inhibitors within 48hrs
  • IV thrombolysis within 4.5 hrs
  • Endovascular therapy within 6hrs
  • Decompressive craniectomy ASAP within 48hrs
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Main goals of acute management of AIS?

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  • Early recognition & resuscitation
  • Early treatment - Thrombolysis or endovascular therapy
  • Optimisation - Oxygenation, BP, Temp & glucose
  • ICU admission if required
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What’s the first line assessment and treatment of AIS?

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  • ETT & oxygenation
  • Haemodynamic optimisation
  • Basic monitoring including BMs
  • Clinical history
  • Physical examination
  • Symptomatic treatment (N/V, pain & agitation)
  • Assessing contraindications to treatment
  • Diagnostics & interventions
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Diagnostic tools for rapid recognition of AIS?

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  • FAST assessment
  • ROSIER test
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What is ROSIER test?

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Recognition of stroke in the emergency room

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Neurological assessment tool for AIS?

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NIHSS (National institute of health stroke scale)

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What are the components of NIHSS?

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  • GCS
  • Cranial nerves assessment
  • Higher cortical dysfunction (aphasia, neglect)
  • Limb power
  • Limb ataxia
  • Sensory examination
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NIHSS clinical assessment? Demonstrated ?

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Watch video

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What assessments can be used to localise stroke in the presence of low GCS?

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  • Pupils
  • Brainstem reflexes
  • Spontaneous activity
  • Response to stimuli
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Non-contrast CT brain in diagnosis of AIS?

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It can differentiate between ischaemia & haemorrhage

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What other diagnostic imaging can be used for diagnosis of AIS?

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  • CTA
  • CT perfusion scan
  • MRI
  • MRA (Angio)
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Sequence of imaging for diagnosis of AIS?

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  • Non-contrast CT head
  • CT angio - Localise vessel
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What is the important of multiphase CT angio?

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  • It can be used to assess collateral supply.
  • Patients with collateral supply do better with endovascular therapy than thrombolysis
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What are the target times for evaluation of a stroke patient in ED?

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  • Door to physician <10 mins
  • Door to stroke team <15 mins
  • Door to CT <25 mins
  • Door to CT report <45 mins
  • Door to drug <60 mins
  • Door to unit admission < 3 hrs
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Immediate management of AIS?

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  • Oxygen PO2 > 10 or Sats > 94%
  • BP management
  • Blood glucose (4-10)
  • Temperature (< 37.5 degrees)
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What is the target BP after thrombolysis in AIS?

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< 185/110 mmHg for 24 hrs after thrombolysis

> 220/120 mmHg in fit patients and not having thrombolysis

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Pharmacological management of HTN is AIS?

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  • Labetalol
  • Urapidil
  • Clevedipine
  • Nicardipine
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First line management for hypotension in AIS?

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  • IV fluids
  • Noradrenaline
  • Metataminol
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Diagnosis of ischaemic stroke with non-contrast CT heads?

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It is usually negative in the acute phase

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What are the differential diagnosis of acute ischaemic stroke?

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Intracranial haemorrhage

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What are the clinical findings favouring ICH?

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  • Onset during HTN crisis
  • Symptom progression within minutes
  • Vomiting
  • Immediate loss of consciousness
  • Acute onset headache
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Stroke mimics?

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  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Space occupying lesion
  • Seizures ; Todd’s paresis
  • Migraine
  • Encephalitis & metabolic
  • Sepsis
  • Drug toxicity
  • Functional disorder
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Characteristics of microangiopathies or lacunar infarcts?

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  • Preceding TIA’s (15-20%)
  • Insidious on and slow progression
  • Lacunar infarcts are small ( symptomatic in cerebral peduncles & brainstem)
  • They may present as pure motor, pure sensory, sensory-motor, ataxic hemiparesis or dysarthria-clumsy-hand syndrome
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Cardiac conditions predisposing patients to stroke?

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  • Valvular dysfunction
  • AF
  • LA or LV thrombus
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Recent MI < 4 wks
  • LV aneurysm
  • Sick sinus syndrome
  • Infective myocarditis
  • Atrial myxoma
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Characteristics of embolic strikes?
- Sudden onset (Maximal effect at onset) - Onset during activity or I’m awake state - Recurrent TIA’s
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Pathophysiology of large vessel disease ?
- Post-stenosic perfusion deficit - Artherothrombotic occlusion - Arterio-arterial embolism
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What’s is amaurosis fugax?
Internal carotid artery stenosis.
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Characteristic of large artery infarcts or embolism or thrombosis?
- Atherogenic risk factors - Frequent TIA’s (amaurosis fagux) in the same arterial territory - Onset during sleep or activity - Gradual progression mins to hours - Gradual onset due to thrombus accumulation or low BP
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Characteristics of basilar artery stroke?
- 1% of all strokes - Results in thalamic or brainstem infarcts - Sudden & severe neurological impairments
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Characteristics of proximal occlusion of basilar artery?
- Quadriparesis - Preserved consciousness
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Characteristics of distal occlusion of the basilar artery?
- Visual deficit - Oculomotor deficit - Behaviour disturbances - Hallucinations - Sudden death - Low GCS
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Management of acute basilar occlusion??
Amenable to immediate neurosurgical intervention - Endovascular procedure
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Pathophysiology of acute vessel occlusion? 3 main mechanisms
- Systemic embolism - Large artery thrombosis - Large artery embolism
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Characteristics of MCA infarcts?
- Contralateral motor weakness - Contralateral sensory deficit - Face & arm more than legs - Aphasia - Broca, wernicke or global - Apraxia - Dysarthria - Ipsilateral eye deviation - Homonymous visual defect - Neglect
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Characteristics of ACA infarcts?
- Contralateral hemiparesis - Lower limbs - Contralateral sensory deficit - Lower limbs - Urinary incontinence - Apraxia - Anosmia - B/L; Apathy, motor inertia & muteness
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Components of the posterior cerebral circulation?
- Vertebral - Basilar - Posterior cerebral artery
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Characteristics of posterior cerebral circulation infarcts?
- Ipsilateral cranial nerve palsy + Contralateral motor /sensory deficit - Bilateral motor & sensory deficit - Disorder of conjugate eye movement - Vertical (midbrain) & horizontal (pons) - Cerebellar dysfunction without ipsilateral long tract deficit - Altered consciousness - Dysarthrophonia / Dysphagia - Horner syndrome - Contralateral homonymous hemianopsia - Bilateral lesions: Cortical blindness (Anton's syndrome) - Behavioral disturbances
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Risk factors for cervical dissection?
- Trauma - Previous infection - Connective tissue disease
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What are the signs and symptoms of ICA dissection?
- Focal neurology - Unilateral headache - Neck pain - Pulsatile tinnitus - Ipsilateral Horner's syndrome
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Image modality with the highest sensitivity and specificity for detecting Ischemic stroke?
MRI
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Components on the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT score (ASPECT)?
Caudate Putamen Internal capsule Insular cortex M1: anterior MCA cortex M2: MCA cortex lateral to insular ribbon M3: Posterior MCA cortex M4: Anterior MCA territory immediately superior to M1 M5: Lateral MCA territory immediately superior to M2 M6: Posterior MCA territory immediately superior to M3
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Significance of the ASPECT score?
- Any score < 7 has the poorest prognosis at 3 months - Increased risk of thrombolysis related ICH
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What are the tests in stroke patient management ?
- Electrolytes - Glucose - FBC - Urea & Creatinine - CK, CKMB, Trop I - Transaminases - Coagulation / Protein C, S & AT III - ESR - Cholesterol & Triglycerides
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Decision making in management of stroke?
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Reperfusion options in AIS?
- Intravenous thrombolysis - Intra-arterial thrombolysis - Mechanical clot removal - Angioplasty/Stenting
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Reasons why reperfusion therapy might be necessary even after 5-10 mins of supposed cessation of blood flow?
- Good collateral supplies - Only for a limited time
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What is Penumbra?
This is an area of ischaemic territory which can be saved.
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What is the infarct core?
This is an ischaemic area with none or little collateral supply - Irreversible damage
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Thrombolysis
Recommendation - rt-PA use within 4.5 hrs after exclusion of a haemorrhage stroke on imaging
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Considerations prior to thrombolysis ?
- NIHSSS - Nat. Institute of Health Stroke Scale Score - Blood pressure - Premorbid use of anticoag or antiplatelet - Seizure activity - History of; Stroke, ICH, tumor & vascular malformation
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rt-PA? What type of drug
Alterplase - 90mg over 60 mins with 10mg given as a bolus over 1 min.
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Endovascular treatment efficiency?
- ACA - Benefit from endovascular + Thrombolysis - Proximal middle cerebral or distal ICA (Between 6-24hrs)
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Blood pressure targets for thrombolysis ?
- < 185/110 (For thrombolysis) - < 220/120 (Not for thrombolysis)
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Anti-hypertensive agents used ?
- Nicardipine - Labetalol - Urapidil - Clevedipine
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Hyperglycaemia
- Related to stroke severity - Related to large infarct volumes - Signifies susceptibility to infection - Associated with increased M&M @ 90days - Increased risk of ICH following thrombolysis - Target levels 8-10
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Temperature control?
- Independent determinant of outcome - Occurs in the abscess of infection - Treat temperatures > 37.5 degrees
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Management of high temperatures?
- First-line : Paracetamol - Metamizole - Infusion of cold saline at 4 degrees - Automatic cooling systems
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Anti-coagulation in stroke ?
- Contraindicated after use of rt-PA -
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Meaning of rt-PA?
- Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator - Example - Alteplase, Reteplase & Tenecteplase
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Anti-platelet therapy in stroke?
- High-dose aspirin within 48hrs - Shouldn't be used within 24 hrs of thrombolysis
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Thrombophylaxis post-stroke?
- LMWH - Delayed until > 24 hrs after thrombolysis - IVC filter if full VTE is contraindicated
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Hemorrhagic transformation of stroke?
- Occurs in 5-6% of patients (Thrombolysis & Anti-coagulation induced) -
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Management of haemorrhagic transformation?
- Stop all anti-coagulation - FFP, Cryoprecipitate , Recombinant FVII - Repeat CTH
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Normal intracranial pressures?
- < 20mmHg
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Transcranial doppler capabilities for detection of pathologies?
- Acute thrombose or stenosis - All vessels - Assessment of response to thrombolysis - Prognostication tool - Extent of occlusion - Assess cerebral vasoreactivity - Diamox Tx - Detection of micro-embolism
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What is the Diamox test?
Used to assess cerebrovascular reactivity. Diamox (Acetazolamide) - Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor. It penetrates the BBB and causes vasodilation. The dose of 1000mg iV - Peak CBF is achieved in 10-15 mins. About 30-60% increase in CBF is achieved . An abnormal response will be < 10% increase in CBF
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Disadvantages of transcranial doppler?
- User dependent - Failed if acoustic window is poor
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Main complications associated with stroke?
- ICH - Cerebral oedema
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Complications resulting from ICH & cerebral oedema ?
- Reperfusion injury - Intracranial HTN
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Cerebral oedema in stroke?
- Develops in the first 24-48hrs
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Intracranial HTN?
- Risk greater in young patients
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Reason for compensation of intracranial HTN in elderly?
- Larger ventricles - Essential atrophy - Subarachnoid space
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Cerebellar infarcts?
They will have more effects than supratentorial infarcts of the same size . Posterior fossa allows for minimal compensation
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Consequences of cerebellar swelling?
- Brainstem compression - Impaired CSF circulation - Hydrocephalus
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Steroids and cerebral oedema associated with AIS
No role in its management
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Management of intracranial HTN?
See image attached
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Side-effect of repeated use of osmotic agents in cerebral oedema ?
- Increase in cerebral oedema - Herniation due to dehydration - Electrolyte imbalance - Raised serum osmolality - Hypervolaemia & cardiac failure - Renal dysfunction
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Pharmacological management of seizure following AIS?
- Phenytoin - Levetiracetam - Lacosamide - Valproate
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Consequences of untreated seizures?
- Secondary brain damage - Increased metabolic demand - Worsening of ischaemic oedema - Worsening of patient outcome
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Secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke?
- Aspirin - Clopidogrel - Ticagrelor
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Advantages of early rehabilitation in stroke patients?
- Prevention of contracture and joint pain - Decreased risk of decubitus ulcers - Decreased risk of pneumonia - Decreased risk of DVT

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