ACEM’s Independent Review of Thrombolysis in Stroke
The independent analysis of trial data for thrombolysis in stroke commissioned by ACEM has been released via their website. This review will …
Early Code Stroke Assessment
Associate Professor Tim Kleinig, Head of the Stroke Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, has kindly shared this presentation prepared for junior …
Thrombolysis 3–4.5 hours post stroke: the evidence is inconsistent
This analysis piece in the BMJ looks into the evidence supporting the recommendations for thrombolysis with alteplase in the 3 to …
Coming clean on MR CLEAN
We’ve mentioned MR CLEAN before, and today this study was discussed in our Journal Club meeting, led by Hari Davuluru. Here is …
Intra-arterial therapy for large vessel stroke
This study (MR CLEAN) has the potential to change stroke therapy considerably. Patients with proven large vessel occlusion were nearly all treated …
IST3 18 month follow up mortality
The 18-month follow up of the IST3 trial showed some interesting effects of tPA on mortality. It decreased overall mortality at 6 …
Dense artery sign on CT for stroke
A recently published study in Stroke found that a dense artery sign on non contrast CT head is approximately 50% sensitive and …
Stroke thrombolysis
Another study claiming to show that tPA is an effective therapy for stroke. Gumbinger C ,Reuter B ,Stock C ,Sauer T ,Wiethölter …