An NIH grant will help Cleveland Clinic researchers determine whether the novel dual-action agent can safely lengthen the thrombolytic time window in ischemic stroke and protect against reperfusion injury.
Treatment on Mobile Stroke Unit Improves Functional Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Mobile stroke units have been shown to accelerate patient evaluation and treatment. Now, for the first time, this speedier management has been shown to translate to clinical benefit for patients.
Use of Intrapleural tPA to Treat a Pregnant Woman with Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion
The first reported use of tissue plasminogen activator to treat a pregnant patient for a complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion has a successful outcome.
Mobile Stroke Unit Significantly Trims Time to Imaging and Treatment, Study Shows
A report of Cleveland Clinic’s early experience with its mobile stroke unit shows it boosted the likelihood that patients who need tPA will get it in the recommended time window.
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When Mobile Stroke Units Meet Telemedicine
A new study shows that when telemedicine is used to connect a hospital-based stroke neurologist with a mobile stroke treatment unit, intervention times are trimmed and technical failures can be kept rare.
Acute Stroke: Accelerating Intervention by Taking Management to the Streets
Initial experience with one of the nation’s first mobile stroke treatment units shows significant reductions in time to imaging and tPA use for ischemic stroke patients.