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Ischemic Stroke Pharmacotherapy by Deena Omar and Ashley Yeh

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  1. Introduction

    Background
  2. Risk Factors
  3. Clinical Presentation
  4. Assessment Scales
  5. Diagnostics
    Diagnosis
  6. Differential Diagnosis
  7. Treatment
    Treatment Goals
  8. Fibrinolytic Therapy
  9. Disposition/Monitoring
  10. Ischemic Stroke Literature Review
  11. Conclusion
    Pharmacists Involvement
  12. Tenectaplase vs Alteplase with Ashley Yeh and Nadia Awad
  13. Landmark Trials in Ishemic Stroke with Deena Omar and Patrick Bridgeman
  14. Ischemic Stroke Summary

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  • Acute/ sudden changes 
  • BE-FAST (this is taught to the community to help identify potential symptoms of a stroke) 
    1. B: Balance (gait abnormality) 
    2. E: Eyes (visual disturbances) 
    3. F: Facial droop (typically unilateral, uneven smile) 
    4. A: Arm weakness (typically will ask to raise both arms- will see unilateral arm drift) 
    5. S: Speech difficulty (slurred speech, difficulty finding words)
    6. T: Time (to call 9-1-1) 
  • Other symptoms 
    1. Numbness 
    2. Confusion 
    3. Headache with unknown cause