TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute ischemic stroke
T2 - Evaluation and management strategies
AU - Bahouth, Mona N.
AU - LaMonte, Marian P.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - Stroke is an emergent, treatable condition with the amount of disability often linked to the response time for treatment. Acute ischemic stroke often can be reversed successfully with the clot lysis drug recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), if initial evaluation is immediate and intravenous infusion begins within 3 hours of stroke symptom onset. The advanced practice nurse plays a key role in identifying acute stroke, recommending therapies, facilitating treatment, and preventing and monitoring complications.
AB - Stroke is an emergent, treatable condition with the amount of disability often linked to the response time for treatment. Acute ischemic stroke often can be reversed successfully with the clot lysis drug recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), if initial evaluation is immediate and intravenous infusion begins within 3 hours of stroke symptom onset. The advanced practice nurse plays a key role in identifying acute stroke, recommending therapies, facilitating treatment, and preventing and monitoring complications.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:32344434031
VL - 5
JO - Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing
JF - Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing
SN - 1535-2250
IS - 4
ER -