Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Management of ischaemic stroke on the acute medical unit (AMU)
Publication details
Matilda Lawrence, Sam Limaye, Tom Heaps
Foundation Years Journal, volume 4, issue 5, p.34 (123Doc Education, London, May 2010)
Abstract
Mr J, a 76-year-old male, is referred to the AMU with a 3-hour history of dense left-sided weakness, homonymous hemianopia, slurred speech and difficulty swallowing. His symptoms were present on waking earlier that morning. He has a past medical history of tablet-controlled type 2 diabetes and hypertension. He smokes 10 cigarettes per day (30 pack-year history) and drinks 40 units of alcohol per week.
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Authors
Matilda Lawrence
FY1 in Acute Medicine
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX
Sam Limaye
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
York District Hospital
Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE
Tom Heaps (Corresponding author)
ST5 in Acute Medicine
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX
tomheaps@hotmail.co.uk
References
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