Ethic issue in ischemic stroke patients with thrombolytic therapy

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-300

  Ong, Cheung Ter ^a   Su, Yu Hsiang ^a   Sung, Sheng Feng ^a   Wu, Chi Shun ^a   Hsu, Yung Chu ^a  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethics; Outcome; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALTEPLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; LABETALOL; MANNITOL; PANTOPRAZOLE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APHASIA; BASAL GANGLION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GASTRIC SUCTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANKIN SCALE; SLURRED SPEECH; STRIDOR; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 72049109690     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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