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In patients presenting with disabling acute ischemic stroke symptoms early in the therapeutic window, would you consider anticoagulation reversal to enable administration of intravenous thrombolytics?

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What medications are preferred and contraindicated for insomnia in patients with a recent stroke or traumatic brain injury?

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When might you soften the post-thrombolysis monitoring requirements for patients receiving TPA for acute stroke?

In light of the publication from Anderson et al., PMID 40412428

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Would you consider using DOACs as a bridge to warfarin instead of heparin or LMWH?

For example, would you consider this method in an ESRD/HD patient with antiphospholipid syndrome who had a major bleed requiring reversal of warfarin ...

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What blood pressure targets do you enforce in the first 24-48 hours in a patient who develops an intracranial hemorrhage after mechanical thrombectomy?

Blood pressure targets for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage are described in several guidelines. However, in patients with acute stroke wh...

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British journal of haematology, 2024 Sep 02

Measurement of heparin, direct oral anti-coagulants and other non-coumarin anti-coagulants and their effects on haemostasis assays: A British Society for Haematology Guideline.

The European respiratory journal, 2020 Apr 21

EAN/ERS/ESO/ESRS statement on the impact of sleep disorders on risk and outcome of stroke.

Journal of sleep research, 2023 Jul 05

Improving sleep after stroke: A randomised controlled trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.

Lancet (London, England), 2025 May 21

Safety and efficacy of low-intensity versus standard monitoring following intravenous thrombolytic treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (OPTIMISTmain): an international, pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised, controlled non-inferiority trial.

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