Abstract
Acute ischemic stroke management has changed greatly over the last decades. In the 1990s, therapeutic options for acute ischemic stroke were revolutionized with the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. In 2015, a series of endovascular trials further transformed the therapy for stroke patients. Most recently, two clinical trials have expanded the time-frame for intra-arterial thrombectomy in select patients up to 24 h post-stroke. The following case report and chapter focuses on the diagnosis and management of acute ischemic stroke.
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DeBoer, S.R., George, P., Lara, L.R. (2020). Acute Stroke Emergency Management. In: Hyzy, R.C., McSparron, J. (eds) Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26710-0_35
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