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Stroke

Prevalence
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Investigations
  • CT or MRI of the head b

Why?

  • Clinical features alone cannot safely diagnose or exclude an ischaemic stroke from a haemorrhagic one. b
Note:
  • Clinicians agree moderately about involvement of middle cerebral artery territory in acute ischaemic stroke. b

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball