Wake-Up Right-Sided Hemiparesis and Dysarthria in a Heavy Snorer. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 57-year-old man was referred to the ED for wake-up right-sided hemiparesis, hypoesthesia, dysarthria, and a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 7. Urgent CT brain scanning showed an ischemic lesion of the left temporal and insular lobes. The patient was admitted to the stroke unit, and acetylsalicylic acid 300 mg and low-molecular-weight heparin 6,000 IU were administered.

publication date

  • January 1, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Brain Ischemia
  • Dysarthria
  • Paresis
  • Stroke

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85040196335

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.006

PubMed ID

  • 29307434

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 153

issue

  • 1