Management of acute ischemic stroke

Management of an acute ischemic stroke is multifaceted. Treatment in a spec ialized stroke unit reduces mortality and morbidity. Components of care inc lude interventions to control or prevent medical or neurologic complication s, rehabilitation, and initiations of therapies to forestall recurrent stro ke. The key to modern treatment is the emergent administration of tissue pl asminogen activator (rtPA). Thrombocyte treatment improves outcome when it is given within 3 hours of onset of stroke to carefully selected patients.