1. How do you control blood pressure in patients who will be/are receiving tPA?
2. Do you treat patients with tPA up to 4.5 hours from onset of symptoms, and if so which ones?
3. How do you determine if an acute ischemic stroke is improving enough to not give tPA to a patient?
4. Do you use a specific age cutoff when determining whether or not a patient should or should not receive tPA?
1. Cardene
2. No
3. Repeat neuro exam and gestalt
4. 80