학술논문
Ethical issues in stroke thrombolysis revisited.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*STROKE
*THROMBOLYTIC therapy
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*ISCHEMIC stroke
*STROKE patients
*TISSUE plasminogen activator
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ISSN
0001-6314
Abstract
Keywords: ethics; ischaemic stroke; patient benefit; thrombolysis EN ethics ischaemic stroke patient benefit thrombolysis 611 615 5 11/05/21 20211201 NES 211201 Back in 1997, a bioethical paper on intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke (IVT), authored by Anthony J. Furlan and George Kanoti, was published.1 Based on the criteria modified from Schwartz2 (safety, efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency and outcome), the authors found several ethical problems that were associated with IVT. Surveys of stroke patients and their next of kin on their opinions towards decision-making and consent for stroke thrombolysis. Stroke patients are often old, and some may be cognitively impaired even before the stroke incident. [Extracted from the article]