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SGEM#333: Do you gotta be starting something – like tPA before EVT?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. Effect of Mechanical Thrombectomy Without vs With Intravenous Thrombolysis on Functional Outcome Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The SKIP Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury. MI or stroke).

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How to Diagnose and Manage Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

ACEP Now

Youre working the night shift in a rural critical access hospital in the Midwest when a 36-year-old, 31-week primigravida patient with no known prior medical history presents with a mild headache. Postpartum Risks Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase postpartum risks for preeclampsia and stroke.

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