abstract crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a tick-borne viral disease reported from more than 30 countries in africa, asia, south-east europe, and the middle east. laboratory findings include prolonged prothrombin, bleeding, and activated partial thromboplastin times. diagnostic methods include antibody detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), virus isolation, antigen det...

OBJECTIVE Hyperdense lesions can frequently be observed on the CT obtained immediately after intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis, and it is sometimes difficult to differentiate contrast extravasation from the hemorrhagic lesions. The purposes of this study are to classify the hyperdense lesions according to their morphologic features and to track the outcome of those lesions. MATERIALS AND METHO...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Little is known about the presenting features of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in children presenting to the emergency department (ED). Yet, initial clinical assessment is a key step in the management pathway of stroke. We describe the presentation in the ED of children with confirmed acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke subtypes. METHODS We conducted a retrospective ...

  Background: Thrombolytic therapy is the only approved treatment for acute cerebral ischemia. The hemorrhagic transformation is the greatest complication of this treatment, which may occur after recanalization of occluded artery. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with clinical improvement and worsening in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous th...