PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ajay Bhalla
AU  - Mehool Patel
AU  - Jonathan Birns
TI  - An update on hyper-acute management of ischaemic stroke
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0998
DP  - 2021 May 04
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - clinmed.2020-0998
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2021/05/03/clinmed.2020-0998.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2021/05/03/clinmed.2020-0998.full
AB  - This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of key advances on various aspects of hyper-acute management of acute ischaemic stroke. These include neuroimaging, acute stroke unit care, management of blood pressure, reperfusion therapy including intravenous thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant stroke syndrome. The challenge ahead is to ensure these evidence-based treatments are now being delivered and implemented to maximise the benefits across the population.