Organisation of services and clinical practice in acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a UK survey

Introduction and aims

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is rare and can present in a variety of ways to a variety of services. Guidelines are, for the most part, by consensus without strong randomised controlled evidence. We hypothesised that there may be variations in practice for the care of patients with CVST at both a physician and organisation level across the UK.

Methods

We distributed a 21-question online survey (www.surveymonkey.com) for 2 months in autumn 2015 to members of the Association of British Neurologists, British Association of Stroke Physicians, the Society of Acute Medicine and the Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme. We also asked the clinical directors at each neurosciences centre to send the survey link to medical staff members.

Results

There were 194 respondents from a wide geographic spread across the UK. Neurologists (45.8%) and stroke physicians (34.7%) constituted the majority of...

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