The use of a pre-hospital questionnaire expedited the acute management of patients with ischemic stroke in a comprehensive stroke center.

Background: Delays in intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) treatment for acute ischemic stroke decrease the benefit of treatment. Difficulties determining a patient's clinical eligibility for IVT is a frequent cause of treatment delays.

Objective: We aimed to assess the effectiveness of the "PROVIDENCE" datasheet, a pre- hospital assessment of contraindications for IVT use applied by emergency medical services personnel.

Clinical Characteristics and Neuroimaging Correlations in Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Report of Two Cases.

Autoimmune encephalitis is an infrequent pathological occurrence documented within our local context. When clinical suspicion arises, employing electroencephalogram and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) proves valuable. However, for conclusive diagnosis confirmation, lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is indispensable.

Bilateral medial medullary stroke: "The heart sign".

Bilateral medial medullary stroke is a very rare condition. It is usually associated with severe motor deficits, dysarthria, sensory symptoms, nystagmus, and respiratory disturbances. The most common etiology is atherosclerotic disease of the vertebral and anterior spinal artery or its branches.

Predicting poor response to anti-coagulation therapy in cerebral venous thrombosis using a simple clinical-radiological score.

Background: Multiple studies have attempted to determine predictors of poor clinical outcomes in cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Fewer studies target to identify predictors of poor response to anticoagulation therapy in CVT.

Objective: We aimed to determine the predictors of poor clinical response to therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with acute CVT.

Demographic and institutional predictors of stroke hospitalization mortality among adults in the United States.

Introduction: Stroke remains a primary source of functional disability and inpatient mortality in the United States (US). Recent evidence reveals declining mortality associated with stroke hospitalizations in the US. However, data updating trends in inpatient mortality is lacking.

Assessing sexual dysfunction among stroke survivors and barriers to address this issue by physicians at a Latin American reference hospital.

Background: Sexual dysfunction affects at least one half of patients after a stroke. Problems related to sexual function are rarely assessed or addressed by physicians.

Objective: To determine the frequency and factors associated with sexual dysfunction among stroke survivors and self-reported barriers of physicians to discuss sexual dysfunction during regular consultation.

Self-inflicted transorbital pontine stab injury with a retained pen.

Self-inflicted transorbital stab injuries are not commonly seen in clinical practice. These lesions usually lead to major disability depending on the intracranial structures transected. We present a case of a 34-year-old man with a self-inflicted stab injury in his right orbit from a pen.

Intravenous thrombolysis for the management of acute ischemic stroke in patients therapeutically anticoagulated with heparin: A review.

Background: Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with alteplase is effective in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its use rate remains low due to the many exclusion criteria. Recent guidelines recommend excluding patients suffering AIS with an elevated aPTT secondary to heparin exposure from receiving IVT.

Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections: A systematic review.

Background: Increasing research reports neurological manifestations of COVID-19 patients. SARS-CoV-2 shares homology with other human coronaviruses that have also had nervous system involvement.

Objective: To review the neurological aspects of SARS-cov2 and other coronavirus, including transmission pathways, mechanisms of invasion into the nervous system, and mechanisms of neurological disease.

Arterial dissection as a cause of intracranial stenosis: A narrative review.

Intracranial artery dissection (IAD) is an underdiagnosed, non-atherosclerotic cause of stroke with various clinical manifestations. To identify all the potential studies investigating the epidemiology, risk factors, symptoms, radiology findings, and treatment methods of IAD, we conducted a literature search screening PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE, and BIREME. According to the results of several studies, IAD is the major cause of ischemic stroke in at least one-third of the cervical-cranial artery dissection (CCAD) cases presenting with ischemic stroke.