TY - JOUR T1 - Treatment of the unknown patient: insights from acute stroke JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 453 LP - 455 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2017-001626 VL - 17 IS - 6 AU - Simon M Bell AU - Dilraj Sokhi AU - Tom Hughes AU - Marc S Randall Y1 - 2017/12/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/17/6/453.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 -