Rachel D Appelbaum, Emily Esposito, M Chance Spaulding, Joshua P Simpson, Julie Dunn, Linda B Zier, Sigrid Burruss, Paul P Kim, Lewis E Jacobson, Jamie M Williams, Jeffry Nahmias, Areg Grigorian, Laura Harmon, Anna K Gergen, Matthew Chatoor, Rishi Rattan, Andrew J Young, Jose L Pascual, Jason Murry, Adrian W Ong, Alison Muller, Rovinder S Sandhu, Nikolay Bugaev, Antony Tatar, Khaled Zreik, Mark J Lieser, Deborah M Stein, Thomas M Scalea, Margaret H Lauerman
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze injury characteristics and stroke rates between blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) with delayed vs non-delayed medical therapy. We hypothesized there would be increased stroke formation with delayed medical therapy. METHODS: This is a sub-analysis of a 16 center, prospective, observational trial on BCVI. Delayed medial therapy was defined as initiation >24 hours after admission. BCVI which did not receive medical therapy were excluded...
August 18, 2022: Injury