CanadianStrokeBestPracticeRecommendations: Hyperacute Stroke Care Guidelines, Update 2015

LK Casaubon; JM Boulanger; D Blacquiere; S Boucher; K Brown; T Goddard; J Gordon; M Horton; J Lalonde; C Larivière; P Lavoie; P Leslie; J Mcneill; BK Menon; B Moses; M Penn; J Perry; E Snieder; D Tymianski; N Foley; EE Smith; G Gubitz; MD Hill; E Glasser; P Lindsay; I Joiner; S Lawrence; ME Harriman; D Marchese; D Dowlatshahi; A Poppe; S Yip; S Dukelow; E Lang; K Lafferty; I Graham; M Markle-Reid; T Green; M Kelly; B Ansley; S Phillips; M Kapral; J Kaczorowski; K Butcher; T Field; M Godin; R Hart; C Hartley; M Kaste; P Langhorne; M Mehdiratta; C O'Kelly; J Willems; A Demchuk; M Goyal; C Lum; R Cote; M Sharma; B Norrving; S Davis; G Donnan; B Campbell; J Saver; D Dippel; A Davalos

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CanadianStrokeBestPracticeRecommendations: Hyperacute Stroke Care Guidelines, Update 2015

LK Casaubon, JM Boulanger, D Blacquiere, S Boucher, K Brown, T Goddard, J Gordon, M Horton, J Lalonde, C Larivière, P Lavoie, P Leslie, J Mcneill, BK Menon, B Moses, M Penn, J Perry, E Snieder, D Tymianski, N Foley Show all

International Journal of Stroke | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12551

Abstract

The 2015 update of the CanadianStrokeBestPracticeRecommendationsHyperacute Stroke Care guideline highlights key elements involved in the initial assessment, stabilization, and treatment of patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA), ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and acute venous sinus thrombosis. The most notable change in this 5th edition is the addition of new recommendations for the use of endovascular therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke and proximal intracranial arterial occlusion. This includes an overview of the infrastructure and resources required for stroke centers that will provide endovascular therapy as well as regional structu..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The development of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations is funded in their entirety by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canada. No funds for the development of these guidelines come from commercial interests, including pharmaceutical and medical device companies. All members of the recommendation writing groups and external reviewers are volunteers and do not receive any remuneration for participation in guideline development, updates, and reviews. All participants complete a conflict of interest declaration prior to participation.