Thrombolysis for acute stroke with special emphasis on the very old: experience from a single Dutch centre
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 <80 years of age and 12 (27%) of 45 patients ⩾80 years of age had a favourable outcome... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
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British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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Schlagwörter: | Short reports |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26633013 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/77/3/375 |