Who is in the emergency room matters when we talk about door-to-needle time: a single-center experience.

Background: The efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is time-dependent.

Objective: To compare the door-to-needle (DTN) time of stroke neurologists (SNs) non-stroke neurologists (NSNs) and emergency room physicians (EPs). Additionally, we aimed to determine elements associated with DTN ≤ 20 minutes.

[Evaluation of olfaction in healthy subjects using the Sniffing Sticks battery].

Background: Olfaction dysfunction is linked to neurodegenerative diseases, therefore the evaluation of this function is becoming important

Aim: To evaluate olfaction in healthy participants.

Material And Methods: We evaluated 44 healthy males and 55 females, aged 21 to 89 years with the Sniffing Sticks battery to determine normal values in Chilean population. During the test, participants must correctly identify 12 different odors.