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Treating Stroke as a Neurologic Emergency: Thrombolysis, Antiplatelet Therapy and Acute Intervention
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.
Morgan Campbell, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

Dr. Campbell reports no commercial conflict of interest.

This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.


Release Date: 07/13/2000
Termination Date: 07/13/2003

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, the participant should be able to:
  • Describe the role of t-PA in acute ischemic stroke and the need to treat stroke as a true neurologic emergency
  • Discuss potential acute stroke treatments undergoing study
  • Discuss the use of aspirin and other antiplatelet agents in secondary stroke prevention.

 
This conference may include discussion of commercial products and services.

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or its publisher. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.
 
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