Diagnosing cancer-associated ischemic stroke: A systematic review of hematological biomarkers.

Background And Aim: Patients suffering from cancer are reported to have an increased risk of ischemic stroke (IS). We aimed to identify cancer-associated biomarkers found to differentiate between IS associated with cancer from those not associated with cancer.

Summary Of Review: We performed a systematic search of PubMed and EMBASE databases according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Emergency Medical Services dispatcher recognition of stroke: A systematic review.

Purpose: Stroke treatments are time-sensitive, and thus early and correct recognition of stroke by Emergency Medical Services is essential for outcomes. This is particularly important with the adaption of mobile stroke units. In this systematic review, we therefore aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of Emergency Medical Services dispatcher recognition of stroke.

A retrospective study on machine learning-assisted stroke recognition for medical helpline calls.

Advanced stroke treatment is time-dependent and, therefore, relies on recognition by call-takers at prehospital telehealth services to ensure fast hospitalisation. This study aims to develop and assess the potential of machine learning in improving prehospital stroke recognition during medical helpline calls. We used calls from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020 in Copenhagen to develop a machine learning-based classification pipeline.

Dispatcher Stroke/TIA Recognition in Emergency Medical Call Center and Out-of-Hours Service Calls in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Background And Objectives: Recognition of stroke/TIA symptoms by emergency medical services (EMS) is instrumental in providing timely recanalization treatments. We assessed the recognition of stroke/TIA by EMS via the emergency medical call center (EMCC) dispatchers and out-of-hours health service (OOHS) dispatchers.

Methods: In a registry study, based on 2015-2020 data from the Copenhagen EMS, we calculated sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), specificity, and negative predictive value (NPV) of dispatcher suspicion of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and compared against discharge diagnosis.

[Hepatitis E-related meningoradiculitis].

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute clinical hepatitis in the world and can cause extrahepatic disease including the nervous system. This is a case report of two patients illustrating this disorder. One patient was a 69-year-old man with painless affection of both brachial plexuses, and the other patient was a 61-year-old man with painful right brachial plexus affection, headache and cognitive problems.