tPA - DocNeuro https://docneuro.com/tag/tpa/ Up-to-date concepts in neurology Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:51:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Acute Ischemic Stroke CT https://docneuro.com/acute-ischemic-stroke-ct/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acute-ischemic-stroke-ct Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:51:35 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/acute-ischemic-stroke-ct/ Answer: D. Acute Infarct. This is an acute embolic non-hemorrhagic right middle cerebral artery infarct visible on CT. There is a hyperdense right middle cerebral artery with subtle loss of grey white differentiation consistent with an acute embolic infarct. Figure (a) axial non contrast CT demonstrates a hyperdense middle cerebral artery. There is subtle loss of […]

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]]> Criteria to Give tPA for Stroke https://docneuro.com/criteria-to-give-tpa-for-stroke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criteria-to-give-tpa-for-stroke Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:57:27 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/criteria-to-give-tpa-for-stroke/ tPA for ischemic stroke was first approved in 1996 based on the result of two NINDS studies that compared outcomes of placebo or IV tPA given in the first 3 hours of a stroke. The studies found that tPA improved outcomes for 1 in 3 patients (number needed to treat = 3 for improvement compared […]

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