Viva Neurology

Neurology unit Faculty of Medicine UKM HCTM UKM

A pleasure to assess our fellows and understand which area need more attention. If we work together for the best interest of 🇲🇾
We will able to achieve more!!💪🏻

#neurologytraining
#strokeeducation

Article Commentary: “Endovascular Treatment of Medium Vessel Occlusion Stroke” ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

In this #BloggingStroke post, Mitch Wilson discusses #Stroke topical review by Johanna Ospel, MD PhD et al. Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦 Marios Psychogios @ashupjadhav Mayank Goyal #AHAJournals

#STROKE Diagnostic Imaging: The CAROTID RING SIGN on single-phased #CTA is a potent imaging marker to differentiate true occlusion from pseudo-occlusion with sensitivity and specificity of 0.70 and 0.94, respectively. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ST… Yi Sui

Roughly what percentage of ischemic strokes/TIAs occurring on flights are due to cervical artery dissection? To know the answer & much more about cervical artery dissection, register for the #SVIN lecture. svin.org/i4a/pages/inde…

Happy Eid, Eid Mubarak! May this special day bring peace, happiness and prosperity to everyone.
تقبل الله منا ومنكم
Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin 😄

More AFib management in the cancer patient (2/2). #ACC24 #CardOnc
🫀Reasonable to choose DOACs over warfarin
🫀Mitigate bleeding risk by mgmt of HTN, other bleeding risk factors

#MondayTip
🧠In cardioembolic stroke we must look for the best moment to start anticoagulation combining the #lower risk of hemorrhagic #transformation and ischemic #recurrence ⚖️
👉Individualized strategy to start anticoagulation post EVT

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💔 #CeaseFireInGaza #PalestineLivesMatter

It’s still happening around the world despite obviously evidence available almost 30 years ago 🤨

Andrew Micieli This post in NNT has been there since more than 5 years ago.

💉🧠⚖️ Number needed to treat (NNT) and number needed to harm (NNH) for IV thrombolysis treatment (tissue plasminogen activator, tPA) in acute ischaemic stroke 💉🧠 ⚖️

Source: thennt.com/nnt/thrombolyt…

Available evidence, MT selection it’s clear with good CT plain (ASPECTS if you are using it 🫣) with clinically correlating LVO, just open it ASAP

CTP remains my preferred early imaging not just for reperfusion so much of neurovascular physiology to study 😍

wan asyraf ….time to discard the CTP?

'What is a Normal Blood Pressure?'

As a cardiologist, I get this question every day.

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🙋‍♂️ INCREDIBLE ICU MOBILITY in intubated patient on ventilator

👉This should be the standard of care in all ICU’s and hospitals worldwide 🌎

❓Does your ICU walk and mobilize intubated patients?

H/T Heidi Engel, PT, DPT
#ICUrehab #FOAMcc #PhysicalTherapy #MedEd #MedTwitter

Earlier Time to Achieve Target Systolic Blood Pressure to <140 is associated with reduced risk of hematoma expansion and better functional outcomes. The effect is most prominent when baseline ICH volume is >10 ml.

THE TIME IS NOW for
#CodeICH

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Palestine's Olympic soccer coach was killed in Gaza. Yet, Israel sports teams continues play despite its army committing genocide. Ban Israel from Olympics and other major sports now share.eko.org/846955207t?ref…

Featured Review: Prehospital Stroke Care in Singapore

This review presents the current state of #prehospital #stroke care in Singapore, covering prehospital aspects of the stroke survival chain from symptom onset till arrival at the emergency department. The authors identify

Barriers in Access to Idarucizumab in Ischemic Stroke in a Middle-Income Country 🇨🇴
Julián Alejandro Rivillas Natalia Llanos Leyton Eder Moreno-Vargas DrBayona-Ortiz eugenia jaramillo Daniel Kafury, Pablo Amaya, 2023
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… @neurohosp
#stroke #thrombolysis #Neurology

Article Commentary: “Antiplatelet Agent Use After Stroke due to Intracerebral Hemorrhage” ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blo…

In this #BloggingStroke post, Mitch Wilson discusses #Stroke topical review by Prof Rustam Al-Shahi Salman & Steven M. Greenberg MD, PhD.