Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke is evidence-based.
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The highest level of evidence-based medicine is a meta-analysis of all available trials. The Cochrane Library identified 13 randomised trials and concluded that thrombolysis for acute stroke within 3 hours was associated with a significant reduction in the number of dead or dependent patients (49.7% of those allocated to thrombolysis were dead or dependent compared with 60.3% of those allocated to control therapy; odds ratio=0.66; 95% confidence interval, 0.53-0.83; P=0.0003).2
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
دوره 17 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011