Scrub Typhus Meningoencephalitis: Review of Literature and Unique Diagnostic & Management Challenges in Resource-Limited Settings.

Scrub typhus is a zoonotic febrile illness caused by and transmitted by larvae. Scrub typhus often presents with nonspecific clinical features, and ranges in severity from mild illness to multiorgan failure and fatality. The disease is primarily found in the Asia-Pacific rim, including India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and China.

Pulmonary Embolism in Ischemic Stroke.

Silent pulmonary embolism (PE) may be associated with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We identified 10 patients from 3,132 unique patients (3,431 CT scans). We retrospectively examined CT angiogram of patients with AIS to determine the frequency of concurrent PE in AIS.

Access to hyperacute stroke services across Canadian provinces: a geospatial analysis.

Background: Canada's vast geography creates challenges for ensuring prompt transport to hospital of patients who have had a stroke. We sought to determine the proportion of people across various Canadian provinces for whom hyperacute stroke services are accessible within evidence-based time targets.

Methods: We calculated, for the 8 provinces with available data, drive-time polygons on a map of Canada that delineated the area around stroke centres and emergency medical services (EMS) base centres to which one can drive in 3.

MR imaging of carotid webs.

Purpose: We propose a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol for the characterization of carotid web morphology, composition, and vessel wall dynamics. The purpose of this case series was to determine the feasibility of imaging carotid webs with MR imaging.

Methods: Five patients diagnosed with carotid web on CT angiography were recruited to undergo a 30-min MR imaging session.