Challenges in Prehospital Diagnosis of Acute Stroke in Women: A Case-Based Reflection

Brittany Wells^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland (B.W., J.R.H., F.v.W.).
² East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Melbourn, United Kingdom (B.W., S.W.).
³ Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany (B.W., M.B., K.C.F., S.W.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt (A.N., E.M.K.).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Kasralainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (F.A.-A.).

Case Reports

Brittany Wells et al. Stroke. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;55(8):e238-e241.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.046112. Epub 2024 May 31.

Brittany Wells^{1

2

3}, Ahmed Nasreldein⁴, Joseph R Hall¹, Monika Bachhuber³, Eman M Khedr⁴, Foad Abd-Allah⁵, Klaus C Fassbender³, Frederike van Wijck¹, Silke Walter^{2

3}

¹ Research Centre for Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland (B.W., J.R.H., F.v.W.).
² East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Melbourn, United Kingdom (B.W., S.W.).
³ Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany (B.W., M.B., K.C.F., S.W.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt (A.N., E.M.K.).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Kasralainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (F.A.-A.).

No abstract available

Keywords: ambulances; emergency medical services; sex characteristics; stroke; triage; women’s health services.

Conflict of interest statement

None.