Emergency neurological life support: acute ischemic stroke

Neurocrit Care. 2012 Sep:17 Suppl 1:S29-36. doi: 10.1007/s12028-012-9749-2.

Abstract

Acute ischemic stroke is a neurological emergency that can be treated with time-sensitive interventions, including intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular approaches. Extensive study has demonstrated that rapid assessment and treatment are essential to improving neurological outcome. For this reason, acute ischemic stroke was chosen as an Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol. The protocol focuses on the first hour following the onset of neurological deficit.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Algorithms
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Ischemia / complications
  • Brain Ischemia / therapy*
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / methods*
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator