Basilar artery occlusion presenting with reduced level of consciousness: a diagnosis not to miss

Stephen Bacchi; Sheryn Tan; Rudy Goh; Joshua G Kovoor; Aashray K Gupta; Jim Jannes; Timothy Kleinig

doi:10.1007/s11739-023-03212-z

Basilar artery occlusion presenting with reduced level of consciousness: a diagnosis not to miss

Intern Emerg Med. 2023 Apr;18(3):933-936. doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03212-z. Epub 2023 Feb 7.

Authors

Stephen Bacchi^{1

2

3

4}, Sheryn Tan^{5

6}, Rudy Goh^{5

7

6

8}, Joshua G Kovoor^{5

7

6}, Aashray K Gupta^{5

6

9}, Jim Jannes^{5

7}, Timothy Kleinig^{5

7}

Affiliations

¹ University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia. stephen.bacchi@sa.gov.au.
² Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia. stephen.bacchi@sa.gov.au.
³ Neurology Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Port Road, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia. stephen.bacchi@sa.gov.au.
⁴ Health and Information, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia. stephen.bacchi@sa.gov.au.
⁵ University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
⁶ Health and Information, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
⁷ Neurology Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Port Road, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
⁸ Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, SA, 5112, Australia.
⁹ Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia.

PMID: 36750535
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03212-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Coma; Endovascular thrombectomy; Thrombolysis; Unconsciousness; Unresponsiveness.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Arterial Occlusive Diseases* / diagnosis
Basilar Artery / diagnostic imaging
Consciousness
Endovascular Procedures*
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Stroke*
Thrombectomy
Treatment Outcome