TY - JOUR
T1 - Wake-Up Right-Sided Hemiparesis and Dysarthria in a Heavy Snorer
AU - Brunetti, Valerio
AU - Ferilli, Michela Ada Noris
AU - Vollono, Catello
AU - Di Franco, Antonino
AU - Della Marca, Giacomo
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Case Presentation 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.
AB - Case Presentation 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.
KW - Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
KW - Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
KW - Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
KW - Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
KW - Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
KW - Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122812
UR - http://www.chestjournal.org/
U2 - 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.006
DO - 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.006
M3 - Article
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 153
SP - E13-E17
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
ER -