Hemorrhage

University of Helsinki publishes research in hemorrhage

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 16th, 2009

"No exclusive systematic data exist on the safety and outcomes of thrombolytic treatment in young patients with ischemic stroke. We evaluated all 48 patients aged 16 to 49 years with hemispheric ischemic stroke treated with intravenous alteplase in Helsinki University Central Hospital from 1994 to 2007," scientists in Helsinki, Finland report.

"For comparison of outcome, we selected, blinded to outcome data, 96 control subjects (1:2) with ischemic stroke not treated with alteplase matched by age, gender, and admission stroke severity (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale). We selected similarly 96 older alteplase-treated gender and arrival National Institutes of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-16)

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