Guideline Update | Acute stroke management

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Acute Stroke Management, 7th Edition Practice Guidelines Update, 2022

Related:

AHA/ASA Guideline: Prevention of stroke in patients with previous stroke and transient ischemic attack – prevention efforts should be based on the cause of the first ischemic event.

Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke – The BMJ

2 recent meta-analysis highlight the benefits of short term (30 days) dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin + clopidogrel in patients within 24 hours of high-risk transient ischemic attack or mild-moderate ischemic stroke.

Systematic review: Multiple vs. fewer antiplatelet agents for preventing early recurrence after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack