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Can emergency department physicians safely and effectively initiate thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke?

April 26, 2017acute Department emergency initiate ischemic physicians safely stroke thrombolysis

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Can emergency department physicians safely and effectively initiate thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke?

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To review the clinical outcomes of stroke patients treated with IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA; alteplase) in a community setting and to compare outcomes when treatment was initiated by a neurologist or an emergency department (ED) physician in telephone consultation with a neurologist and radiologist.