How Do You Administer tPA

How Do You Administer tPA

Maximum recommended dose is 90mg.Patients less than or equal to 100 kg load with 0.09 mg/kg (10% of 0.9 mg/kg dose) as an IV bolus over 1 minute, followed by 0.81 mg/kg (90% of 0.9 mg/kg dose) as a continuous infusion over 60 minutes.

What are the guidelines for giving tPA?

IV tPA should be administered to all eligible acute stroke patients within 3 hours of last known normal and to a more selective group of eligible acute stroke patients (based on ECASS III exclusion criteria) within 4.5 hours of last known normal.

Where is tPA injected?

This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.

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