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#65 BAMR: Calling Stroke (part 1)

Ep. 65
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We welcome another fantastic returning guest in the form of Dr Paul Sellors, consultant in stroke medicine at North Bristol Hospital NHS Trust. Sam and Paul discuss tricky cases in Stroke medicine including stroke mimics, the modified Rankin score, the NIHSS, thrombolysis and thrombectomy! Plenty to unpack in this episode so sit back and enjoy!


Paul was so generous with his time, we have had to make this into another double header episode! Next episode you will get the end of this pre-recorded episode where we discuss mechanical thrombectomy but also an update on the new National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke published in 2023.


03:00 Basic stroke nomenclature and physiology

11:00 Thrombolysis and stroke assessment

22:20 Seizure activity and stroke

28:00 Contraindications to thrombolysis

38:00 Calling the Stroke Consultant

42:00 Digression: BP control in stroke

47:30 Digression: Glucose control in stroke

50:00 Wake-up strokes



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