Body weight, not thrombus-burden tissue plasminogen activator dosing: But still

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2723-2724

  Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

body weight; outcomes; reperfusion; tPA

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG FATALITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650416478     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.585091     Document Type: Editorial

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