title: The golden hour Performing an acute ischemic stroke workup.
abstract: Ischemic stroke is a medical emergency resulting from an embolic or thrombotic occlusion of an intracranial artery. The purpose of this article is to provide acute care nurse practitioners a summary of recent updates on the rapid evaluation and workup for patient selection and treatment with I.V. fibrinolysis.
authors.affiliation: Jane A. Anderson is an associate director at MEDVAMC Stroke Center, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and assistant professor at the Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D061605:Administration, Intravenous; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000451:nursing*; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing*