DALLAS (AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs.
Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms.
That treatment window is now being lengthened to 4 1/2 hours for some patients....
stroke symptomsStroke group expands time for clot-busting drugsHeadlines from the Associated Press Thu, 05/28/2009 - 15:25
Stroke Thrombolysis Up to 4.5 Hours After Onset Wins More Suppor...MedPage Today Infectious Disease Wed, 09/24/2008 - 15:00
HEIDELBERG, Germany (MedPage Today) -- Patients who receive thrombolytics as long as three to four-and-a-half hours after onset of stroke symptoms showed better 90-day outcomes than those treated with placebo, researchers here said. ASA: Calls to Primary Care Physicians Delay Timely Stroke Treatm...MedPage Today Infectious Disease Thu, 02/21/2008 - 11:32
NEW ORLEANS -- Patients who have stroke symptoms and call their primary-care doctors before dialing 911 often delay speedy treatment, according to a pair of studies reported at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference here. Tags:
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