This week we review some recent publications on steroids in pharyngitis and the VAN assessment in stroke.

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The SGEM: SGEM #203: Let Me Clear My Sore Throat with a Corticosteroid

Core EM: Corticosteroids in Pharyngitis – Systematic Review + Meta-Analysis

REBEL EM: Does it Take a VAN to Identify Emergency Large Vessel Occlusion (EVLO) in Ischemic Stroke?

REBEL EM: Stroke Workflow in 2018

Stroke Workflow 2017 (REBEL EM)

References

Sadeghirad B et al. Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials BMJ 2017; 358 :j3887. PMID: 28931508

Teleb MS et al. Stroke vision, aphasia, neglect (VAN) assessment – a novel emergent large vessel occlusion screening tool: pilot study and comparison with current clinical severity indices. J Neurointervent Surg 2017; 9(2): 122-6. PMID: 26891627