A 58-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset right-sided weakness and slurred speech 90 minutes ago. CT brain shows no hae...

Question

A 58-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset right-sided weakness and slurred speech 90 minutes ago. CT brain shows no haemorrhage. He has no contraindications to thrombolysis. According to Australian stroke guidelines, which option best describes the time window for intravenous alteplase in eligible patients?

Accepted Answer

Up to 4.5 hours from symptom onset in most eligible patients

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Up to 3 hours from symptom onset only

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Any time within 12 hours of symptom onset

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Only within 1 hour of symptom onset

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Thrombolysis is not recommended in ischaemic stroke

au-acem MCQ (SBA): Acute ischaemic stroke thrombolysis window