This week we review some recent publications on steroids in pharyngitis and the VAN assessment in stroke.
This week we review some recent publications on steroids in pharyngitis and the VAN assessment in stroke.
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The SGEM: SGEM #203: Let Me Clear My Sore Throat with a Corticosteroid
Core EM: Corticosteroids in Pharyngitis – Systematic Review + Meta-Analysis
REBEL EM: Does it Take a VAN to Identify Emergency Large Vessel Occlusion (EVLO) in Ischemic Stroke?
REBEL EM: Stroke Workflow in 2018
References
Sadeghirad B et al. Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials BMJ 2017; 358 :j3887. PMID: 28931508
Teleb MS et al. Stroke vision, aphasia, neglect (VAN) assessment – a novel emergent large vessel occlusion screening tool: pilot study and comparison with current clinical severity indices. J Neurointervent Surg 2017; 9(2): 122-6. PMID: 26891627