by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder
Key messages ● Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common, complex, and costly psychiatric illness that can be devastating for the affected individual and their families. Suicide is an important risk across the life span of bipolar patients. ● Accurate diagnosis is not easy,...
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Stroke is a sudden loss of brain function due to disturbance in the cerebral blood supply with symptoms lasting at least 24 hours or leading to death with vascular background as its only cause. Stroke can be caused either by rupture of a blood vessel...
by Ket Patel | May 13, 2015 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Until recently, warfarin has been the gold standard for reducing stroke risk and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The key goals of antithrombotic treatment are the primary and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke and systemic embolism while...