The central challenge for the emergency clinician is straightforward but difficult: rapidly identify and treat true cerebral ischemia while recognizing patients whose illnesses mimic stroke—and avoiding missed strokes that present atypically as “chameleons.”The presentation emphasizes practical bedside diagnosis, appropriate neuroimaging, posterior circulation ischemia, acute vestibular syndrome and HINTS+, and the safety of IV thrombolytic therapy […]
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Brain Biomarkers
This FERNE educational presentation examines the evolving role of brain biomarker testing in the evaluation of mTBI patients and its potential role in safely reducing unnecessary NCCT neuroimaging. The educational content reviews the GFAP and UCH-L1 biomarkers, including biomarker physiology, laboratory interpretation, diagnostic performance, and the clinical implications of false-negative biomarker results. The clinician will […]
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