Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico

Most studies evaluating the usefulness of intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke have excluded subjects aged over 80 years. Therefore there is no evidence to support or contraindícate this therapy in this age group. We report a 93 year-old female subjected to intravenous thrombolysis using tissue...

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Autores principales:	Reccius,Andrés, Illanes,Sergio, Jaramillo,Arturo, Manterola,José Luis, Díaz,Violeta
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
Materias:	Aged, 80 and over Stroke Thrombolytic therapy
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720080004000122008-06-16Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínicoReccius,AndrésIllanes,SergioJaramillo,ArturoManterola,José LuisDíaz,Violeta Aged, 80 and over Stroke Thrombolytic therapy Most studies evaluating the usefulness of intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke have excluded subjects aged over 80 years. Therefore there is no evidence to support or contraindícate this therapy in this age group. We report a 93 year-old female subjected to intravenous thrombolysis using tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA), according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders protocol. The treatment was successful, there were no hemorrhagic complications and three months later, the patient was practically without any disability. Therefore age is not an absolute contraindication for intravenous thrombolysis in elderly subjectsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.4 20082008-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000400012es10.4067/S0034-98872008000400012
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Aged, 80 and over Stroke Thrombolytic therapy
spellingShingle	Aged, 80 and over Stroke Thrombolytic therapy Reccius,Andrés Illanes,Sergio Jaramillo,Arturo Manterola,José Luis Díaz,Violeta Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
description	Most studies evaluating the usefulness of intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke have excluded subjects aged over 80 years. Therefore there is no evidence to support or contraindícate this therapy in this age group. We report a 93 year-old female subjected to intravenous thrombolysis using tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA), according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders protocol. The treatment was successful, there were no hemorrhagic complications and three months later, the patient was practically without any disability. Therefore age is not an absolute contraindication for intravenous thrombolysis in elderly subjects
author	Reccius,Andrés Illanes,Sergio Jaramillo,Arturo Manterola,José Luis Díaz,Violeta
author_facet	Reccius,Andrés Illanes,Sergio Jaramillo,Arturo Manterola,José Luis Díaz,Violeta
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title	Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
title_short	Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
title_full	Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
title_fullStr	Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed	Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico
title_sort	trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: caso clínico
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2008
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Trombolisis cerebral en el adulto mayor: Caso clínico

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