Tag: Neurologic

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NIH Stroke Scale

March 8, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

General Principles: Administer stroke scale items in the order listed. Record performance in each category after…

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Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 4 of 4)

February 21, 2022
Keith Pochick, MD

A 47-year-old man is brought to urgent care by his wife after he was bitten on…

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Concussion Q&A

February 19, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

Questions: Is it necessary to image everyone with a head injury and symptoms? What symptoms constitute…

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Canadian Head CT Rule

February 19, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

The Canadian Head CT Rule was originally published in 20011 and validated in 20052. There have been…

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Glascow Coma Scale (GCS)

February 19, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

For children < 2 years old, see the pediatric GCS. Eyes 4pt – Open spontaneously 3pt…

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Glascow Coma Scale – Pediatric (pGCS)

February 16, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

For use in children age <2. If Child over 2 years old, standard GCS has been shown to…

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Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 3 of 4)

February 14, 2022
Keith Pochick, MD

A 38-year-old man presents to urgent care after sustaining a bite from a squirrel he trapped…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 2 of 4)

February 7, 2022
Keith Pochick, MD

Your urgent care clinic occasionally evaluates patients for travel advice, vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis when indicated.…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 1 of 4)

February 1, 2022
Keith Pochick, MD

A bite from which of the following wild mammals poses essentially zero risk of rabies transmission, obviating…