Historical Redlining, Social Determinants of Health, and Stroke Prevalence in Communities in New York City.

Importance: Historical redlining was a discriminatory housing policy that placed financial services beyond the reach of residents in inner-city communities. The extent of the impact of this discriminatory policy on contemporary health outcomes remains to be elucidated.

Objective: To evaluate the associations among historical redlining, social determinants of health (SDOH), and contemporary community-level stroke prevalence in New York City.

Factors Associated with Anticoagulation Initiation for New Atrial Fibrillation in an Urban Emergency Department.

Objective: To explore factors associated with anticoagulation (AC) initiation after atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Urban medical center.

Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study to Identify Clinical and Radiographic Features Associated With VZV Reactivation in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients With CSF Testing.

Background And Purpose: A large proportion of ischemic stroke patients lack a definitive stroke etiology despite extensive diagnostic testing. Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) can directly invade blood vessels causing vasculitis and may be associated with cryptogenic stroke (CS).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of CS patients tested for VZV.

Treating High-Risk TIA and Minor Stroke Patients With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A National Survey of Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Background: Treatment with aspirin plus clopidogrel, dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), within 24 hours of high-risk transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke symptoms to eligible patients is recommended by national guidelines. Whether or not this treatment has been adopted by emergency medicine (EM) physicians is uncertain.

Methods: We conducted an online survey of EM physicians in the United States.

Emergency medicine physicians' perspectives on diagnostic accuracy in neurology: a qualitative study.

Objectives: We sought to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of emergency medicine (EM) physicians towards non-specific neurological conditions and the use of clinical decision support (CDS) to improve diagnostic accuracy.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews of EM physicians at four emergency departments (EDs) affiliated with a single US healthcare system. Interviews were conducted until thematic saturation was achieved.