Abstract
BackgroundThe current guidelines do not recommend increasing the dose of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA) for ischemic stroke patients weighing >100 kg. Obese patients are therefore receiving an IV rt-PA dose
- Title
- Is There a Decreased Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Mortality in Obese Patients Treated with Intraveneous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke?
- Creators
- Ameer E Hassan (Author)Saqib A Chaudhry (Author)Vishal Jani (Author) - Creighton University, NeurologyMikayel Grigoryan (Author)Asif A Khan (Author)Malik M Adil (Author)Adnan I Qureshi (Author)
- Publication Details
- Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, Vol.22(4), pp.545-549
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005933341602656
- Academic Unit
- Creighton University
- Resource Type
- Journal article