Intracerebral haemorrhage revisited.
Much evidence suggests that acute intracerebral haemorrhage usually starts to appear an hour or two after a thromboembolic brain infarct. Intravenous thrombolytic treatment is accepted treatment for acute ischaemic stroke; but all neurologists concur that brain imaging should be performed first, so that thrombolysis can be avoided if bleeding has already started. This article calls into question the current guidelines for the use of thrombolytic treatment in acute stroke. Are they too restrictive?
Dickinson
C J
CJ
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK. c.j.dickinson@qmul.ac.uk
D000208:Acute Disease; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002102:Cadaver; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents