CJEM Debate Series: #TPA should be the initial treatment in eligible patients presenting with an acute ischemic stroke

CJEM. 2020 Mar;22(2):142-148. doi: 10.1017/cem.2020.3.

Authors

William Kenneth Milne¹, Eddy Lang², Daniel K Ting³, Paul Atkinson⁴

Affiliations

¹ South Huron Hospital Association, Western University, London, ON.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

PMID: 32209153
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2020.3

No abstract available

Keywords: Debate; emergency medicine; stroke; thrombolysis.

MeSH terms

Brain Ischemia* / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia* / drug therapy
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Ischemic Stroke*
Stroke* / diagnosis
Stroke* / drug therapy
Thrombolytic Therapy
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Tissue Plasminogen Activator