{"title":"Stroke in the Emergency Department","authors":"M. Denny, A. Ramadan, S. Savitz, J. Grotta","doi":"10.1017/9781108759823.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Stroke is the most common neurological emergency, and, because effective treatments are available that must be started within minutes, most acute neurological presentations should be assumed to be a stroke until proven otherwise by history, exam, or radiographic testing. Unfortunately, there is not a quick and easy laboratory or clinical test to determine for sure that the patient lying in front of you is having a stroke, so an accurate history and exam are essential.","PeriodicalId":398953,"journal":{"name":"Acute Stroke Care","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acute Stroke Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108759823.001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stroke is the most common neurological emergency, and, because effective treatments are available that must be started within minutes, most acute neurological presentations should be assumed to be a stroke until proven otherwise by history, exam, or radiographic testing. Unfortunately, there is not a quick and easy laboratory or clinical test to determine for sure that the patient lying in front of you is having a stroke, so an accurate history and exam are essential.