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Intracranial Bleeding Risk from Thrombolytic Therapy of MI

The EBMcalc module Intracranial Bleeding Risk from Thrombolytic Therapy of MI is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.

This calculator evaluates the following Clinical Criteria:

Patient 75 years old or older
Patient of Black race
Patient is female
Prior history of stroke
Systolic BP ≥160 mmHg
Body weight ≤65 Kg for women, ≤80 Kg for men
INR >4 or prothrombin time >24 seconds
TPA used instead of another thrombolytic

References

Brass LM, Lichtman JH, Wang Y, et al. Intracranial hemorrhage associated with thrombolytic therapy for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. Stroke. 2000; 31: 1802-11. PubMed ID: 10926938

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