The impact of misdiagnosing Bell’s palsy as acute stroke

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 494-498

  Induruwa, Isuru ^a   Holland, Negin ^a,b   Gregory, Rosalind ^a   Khadjooi, Kayvan ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Association of British Neurologists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Bell s palsy; Facial nerve; Over investigation; Resources

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACIAL NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85075113960     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0123     Document Type: Article

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