Saturday, July 12, 2014

Medicine Mnemonics: Neurology

Contraindications to Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Stroke

SHIP BLAST

S: Stroke in last 3 months
H: Head injury in last 3 months
I : Intracranial hemorrhage
P: PT > 15 sec
B: BP > 185/110
L: Lumbar puncture in last 7 days
A: Anticoagulants use / Arterial puncture in last 7 days
S: Surgery within last 14 days
T: Thrombocytopenia < 100,000

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