Endovascular Strategies for Acute Strokes in the Era of COVID - What Changes?

November 30, 2020
COVID-19 patients with acute strokes present unique management challenges; listen to the lead author of a manuscript about endovascular standards of care in COVID stroke discuss strategies and techniques for neurointervention in COVID.
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The Future of Mobile Stroke Units – The Frontier is Here…

November 12, 2020
In today’s technology-savvy world, we have come to expect getting goods and services delivered on demand and on our terms. We want things right away. The concept of having to wait for something is somewhat frowned down upon.
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When Might You Use Heparin in the NeuroICU for a Stroke Patient?

Brian Gibler posted on 12/2/2020

Moderator:William A. Knight IV, MD, FACEP, FNCS
Other Participants: Kyle B. Walsh, MD, MS

Heparin in stroke remains controversial. Understanding the history and data and essential to mastering stroke care.

Dr. Kyle Walsh, an Emergency Medicine trained Neurointensivist, researcher and stroke physician shares his expertise with Dr. Bill Knight as they discuss heparin in stroke care. Not all heparin is bad,  but its use has been deemphasized over the years.  What are the data and how do they inform the use of heparin in acute stroke? Moreover, is heparin in acute ischemic stroke really dead?

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