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Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase in Routine Clinical Practice Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase in Routine Clinical Practice
This paper details the results of a hospital network ' s transition from alteplase to tenecteplase as the standard of care for stroke thrombolysis. How did costs and clinical outcomes compare?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news

Lori’s Stroke Required Help From Doctors An Hour Away. Telemedicine Provided It.
Editor’s note: Our previous stories this American Stroke Month featured warning signs heeded and missed. Today we shift gears to showcase a textbook response to a stroke, including the crucial role of telestroke, a way for experts at another facility to help care for a patient via a webcam-type connection. The CHRONIC Care Act, which includes a provision to require Medicare to cover telestroke, will be discussed Tuesday during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee. Lori Hoopingarner savored her occasional weekend getaway. Between running her financial advising company, raising a 10-year-old daughter and 6-year-old s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stroke survivors lose a month of healthy life for every 15 minute delay
New research published in the journal Stroke, from the American Heart Association, found that reducing delays by just a few minutes could lead to big gains    
Source: Telegraph Health - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: stroke survivors hospital ischaemic stroke alteplase Source Type: news

Gender gap in stroke treatment likely due to delay by women seeking care
Women with clot-caused strokes are less likely than men to arrive at the hospital in time to receive the best treatment, according to a European study reported in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. In the study, 11 percent of women with acute ischemic strokes were treated with the clot-dissolving medication alteplase, compared with 14 percent of men. Study participants included 5,515 patients at 12 hospitals in the Netherlands...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news