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Setting Up a Stroke Team Algorithm and Conducting Simulation-based Training in the Emergency Department - A Practical Guide
Published on: January 15, 2017
MR Imaging for Acute Central Nervous System Pathologies and Presentations in Emergency Department
Damien Galanaud1, Rajiv Gupta2
1Department of Neuroradiology, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, 47 Boulevard de l'hopital, Paris 75013, France.
Abstract:
Although evaluation of suspected stroke is a major driver of MRI use in the emergency department (ED), the exquisite contrast resolution and flexibility provided by MRI are valuable in the workup of a broad variety of acute neurologic complaints. This article provides an overview, focused primarily on "non-stroke" neurologic emergencies encountered in ED brain MRI that emergency radiologists should be familiar with.
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