The ongoing thrombolytics debate: A response
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I know many people are fed up with the debate about thrombolytics for acute ischemic stroke. (To be honest, I am as well. I…
I know many people are fed up with the debate about thrombolytics for acute ischemic stroke. (To be honest, I am as well. I…
Date: April 30th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed…
Alteplase is widely recommended for treatment of stroke occurring within 3-4.5 hours. Brian Alper discusses their recent…
Date: February 18th…
Av Torunn Askim, professor ved Institutt for nevromedisin og bevegelsesvitenskap. Det hevdes at ekstra mye fysisk aktivitet og…
A summary of the evidence for (or against) thrombolytics for stroke
Background: Despite continued debate on the efficacy of alteplase (tPA), it currently remains one of the major interventions…
The BMJ recently stirred the pot again on a subject near and dear to our hearts – no, not exit block – but intravenous…
Podcast Link: SGEM85 Date: September 5th, 2014 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Ryan Radecki is an Assistant Professor of Emergency…
Time and tide wait for no intervention - Geoffrey Chaucer We are barraged by time-to-intervention…
It’s been 5 years since the last Cochrane Review synthesizing the evidence regarding tPA in acute ischemic stroke. Clearly…
Cochrane celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013, and one review that’s as old as the Collaboration looks at a particular…
As you know, the BEEM Team of Drs. Crocco, Milne and Upadhye was in Sweden last month for SweetBEEM. This was one of the best…
…or, where we currently sit on the matter of thrombolysis in Acute Stroke. An Opinion Piece Firstly, most sincere and…