Pharmacological thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke treatment: Gender differences in clinical risk factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite similarities in different areas of stroke care for both men and women, more women with diabetes, previous history of stroke and higher NIH scores are more likely to be excluded from thrombolytic therapy. Men with a previous history of stroke, hypertension and higher NIH scores are more likely to be excluded rtPA even after adjustment for confounding variables.
PMID: 28985592 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Advances in Medical Sciences - October 3, 2017 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Colello MJ, Ivey LE, Gainey J, Faulkner RV, Johnson A, Brechtel L, Madeline L, Nathaniel TI Tags: Adv Med Sci Source Type: research