Christopher G. Favilla

1 week ago | healio.com | Bob Herpen |Christopher G. Favilla

Key takeaways: Rapid, reliable detection in a pre-hospital setting is critical ahead of treating large vessel occlusion stroke. The Open-Motion device will undergo a future validation study to further determine its viability. Large vessel occlusion-type strokes are urgent enough that a single clinical scale utilized for detection in a pre-hospital setting may lead to misdiagnosis that endangers the patient, according to new research.