Role of Tenecteplase in management of acute ischemic stroke: a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey among Indian neurologists

Autor:	Amit Y. Jadhav, Onkar C Swami, Rajnish M. Dhediya
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry mental disorders Emergency medicine medicine Tenecteplase business Acute ischemic stroke nervous system diseases medicine.drug
Zdroj:	International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 9:724
ISSN:	2320-6012 2320-6071
DOI:	10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20210485
Popis:	Background: Tenecteplase, a third generation tissue plasminogen activator has important place in the thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke. The objective of present study was to understand the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards the usage of tenecteplase in daily clinical practice.Methods: This was a prospective questionnaire based knowledge, attitude and practice survey with involvement of practising neurologists across the country. A specially designed validated questionnaire containing 18 questions was shared with neurologists and their anonymous inputs were captured and analysed in qualitative manner.Results: Total Sixty-eight neurologists completed this questionnaire. The 73 percent of neurologist preferred tenecteplase in stroke patients arriving within 4.5 hours of onset of stroke symptoms. Almost 70% of neurologists preferred tenecteplase in patients
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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