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Critical Care and Emergency MedicineISSN: 2474-3674

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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510168

Evaluation of Updated NG51 Guidelines on Early Recognition and Sepsis Outcomes in Elderly Patients

Jack Greenwold

Article Type: Review Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 11

This review critically examines the evidence and arguments regarding the impacts of the updated NG51 guidelines on future sepsis identification, diagnosis and outcomes. Drawing on personal observations of sepsis management in the Emergency Department, this review also includes original recommendations for potential future updates to the NG51 guidelines....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510167

Difficulties in Diagnosing Posterior Circulation Stroke: A Clinical and Radiological Correlation in Emergency Department and its Implication from Blood Pressure Management

Wai Hou Khuan and Sufian Adenan

Article Type: Case Report | Indexed Archive: Volume 11

Posterior circulation stroke makes up 30% of cases of stroke. It has a variety of symptoms which are difficult to be correlated with radioimaging finding and leads to late diagnosis. This is due to its complexity in blood supply to many vital areas of the brain. Factors in radiological aspects like artefacts over posterior fossa in computed tomography of the brain contribute to the difficulties in its diagnosis. We present a case of late diagnosis of posterior circulation stroke due to challenge...

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