1. Weight Approximation in Stroke Before Thrombolysis
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Breuer, Lorenz, Nowe, Tim, Huttner, Hagen B., Blinzler, Christian, Kollmar, Rainer, Schellinger, Peter D., Schwab, Stefan, and Köhrmann, Martin
- Abstract
Because of the narrow therapeutic range for thrombolysis in stroke, accurate weight-based dosing is essential for efficacy and safety. Stroke patients are frequently incapable to communicate their correct body weight (BW). Thus, dosing is often based on BW estimation, which may lead to dosing errors. The aim of our study was to evaluate availability of BW information, accuracy of estimations, and final dosing of Alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator tPA) in a routine clinical setting.
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- 2010
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