Thrombolysis for acute stroke with special emphasis on the very old: experience from a single Dutch centre
| Autor: | Jan Lodder, R M M Hupperts, R J van Oostenbrugge |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Vascular disease business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Short Report Infarction Thrombolysis medicine.disease Tissue plasminogen activator Surgery Central nervous system disease Psychiatry and Mental health Modified Rankin Scale medicine Neurology (clinical) Risk assessment business Stroke medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 77:375-377 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3050 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp.2005.070292 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to describe the clinical experience in 184 consecutive stroke patients first‐ever treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt‐PA) at a single Dutch centre, with special emphasis on results among the very old. Outcome parameters were the modified Rankin scale (mRs) at 3 months and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (SICH). Outcome was related to age. A total of 184 patients were treated of whom 45 were 80 years of age or older (24%). Sixty two (45%) of 139 patients |
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