Journal article
Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Clinics in geriatric medicine, Vol.15(4), pp.701-720
11/1999
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(18)30027-2
PMID: 10499931
Abstract
Management of an acute ischemic stroke is multifaceted. Treatment in a specialized stroke unit reduces mortality and morbidity. Components of care include interventions to control or prevent medical or neurologic complications, rehabilitation, and initiations of therapies to forestall recurrent stroke. The key to modern treatment is the emergent administration of tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). Thrombocyte treatment improves outcome when it is given within 3 hours of onset of stroke to carefully selected patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Creators
- Enrique C LeiraHarold P Adams
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinics in geriatric medicine, Vol.15(4), pp.701-720
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0749-0690(18)30027-2
- PMID
- 10499931
- ISSN
- 0749-0690
- eISSN
- 1879-8853
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1999
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Epidemiology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984020856902771
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