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Neurologists' Comfort with tPA Treatment Increasing
Friday, August 5, 2011
Medwire News
US
neurology residents have become increasingly comfortable with the use of tissue
plasminogen activator (tPA) in patients with stroke, shows an analysis of data
from the past decade.
A
previous survey of neurology residents who were in their final year in 2000
found that 73% of 287 respondents felt comfortable using tPA in stroke
patients.
The
follow-up survey, of 491 final-year neurology residents in 2010, reveals that
94% of 286 respondents feel comfortable with providing tPA treatment.
"This
is good news," said lead researcher Brett Cucchiara (University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA). "It is imperative that neurology
residents attain a level of comfort using tPA that will allow them to use the
medication effectively in their clinical practice and guide other physicians in
its use."
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