European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines on intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke.

ABSTRACT: Intravenous thrombolysis is the only approved systemic reperfusion treatment for patients with acute ischaemic stroke. These European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to assist physicians in their clinical decisions with regard to intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke. These guidelines were developed based on the ESO standard operating procedure and followed the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. The working group identified relevant clinical questions, performed systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature, assessed the quality of the available evidence, and wrote recommendations. Expert consensus statements were provided if not enough evidence was available to provide

SUBMITTER: Berge E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7995316 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature