Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Can Be Safely Given without Complete Blood Count Results Back.

It is well known that the efficacy of intravenous (i.v.) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is time-dependent when used to treat patients with acute ischemic strokes.Our study examines the safety issue of giving IV tPA without complete blood count (CBC) resulted.This is a retrospective observational...

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Main Authors: Yi Dong, Lumeng Yang, Jinma Ren, Deepak S Nair, Sarah Parker, Jan L Jahnel, Teresa G Swanson-Devlin, Judith M Beck, Maureen Mathews, Clayton J McNeil, Yifeng Ling, Xin Cheng, Yuan Gao, Qiang Dong, David Z Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4492952?pdf=render