Acute alcohol intoxication may cause delay in stroke treatment – case reports

Acute alcohol intoxication may cause delay in stroke treatment – case reports

Abstract Background The signs and symptoms of acute alcohol intoxication resemble those of vertebrobasilar stroke. Due to their shared symptoms including double vision, nystagmus, dysarthria, and ataxia, the differential diagnosis of alcohol intoxication and vertebrobasilar stroke may pose a challen...

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Main Authors: Tamas Arokszallasi, Eszter Balogh, Laszlo Csiba, Istvan Fekete, Klara Fekete, Laszlo Olah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Alcohol intoxication
Stroke
Thrombolytic therapy
Diagnostic errors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1241-6

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