TY - JOUR T1 - Treatment of the unknown patient: insights from acute stroke JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2017-001626 SP - practneurol-2017-001626 AU - Simon M Bell AU - Dilraj Sokhi AU - Tom Hughes AU - Marc S Randall Y1 - 2017/07/25 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/07/25/practneurol-2017-001626.abstract N2 - When an unidentified patient who cannot communicate presents with symptoms and signs suggesting an acute stroke, the decision to thrombolyse is a particular challenge. In a time-pressured environment, clinicians need clear thought processes for diagnosis and treatment. Ethical considerations, diagnosis, identity and previous history, contraindications, time of symptom onset (EDICT) can help decision-making in this situation. ER -