EPISODE · Mar 28, 2022 · 9 MIN
tPA for Critically Ill ICU Patients with COVID-19: Does Alteplase Help?
from Saving Lives Podcast: Critical Care w/eddyjoemd · host Eddy Joe Gutierrez, MD
Should we be considering tPA (alteplase) as a last-ditch effort to try to improve oxygenation in our COVID-19 patients? Show Notes: https://eddyjoemd.com/tpa-covid/ Although great care has been taken to ensure that the information in this podcast are accurate, eddyjoe, LLC shall not be held responsible or in any way liable for the continued accuracy of the information, or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies, or for any consequences arising therefrom. Citation: Barrett CD, Moore HB, Moore EE, Wang J, Hajizadeh N, Biffl WL, Lottenberg L, Patel PR, Truitt MS, McIntyre RC Jr, Bull TM, Ammons LA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Douglas IS, Schmidt EP, Moore PK, Wright FL, Ramdeo R, Borrego R, Rueda M, Dhupa A, McCaul DS, Dandan T, Sarkar PK, Khan B, Sreevidya C, McDaniel C, Grossman Verner HM, Pearcy C, Anez-Bustillos L, Baedorf-Kassis EN, Jhunjhunwala R, Shaefi S, Capers K, Banner-Goodspeed V, Talmor DS, Sauaia A, Yaffe MB. Study of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19: A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2022 Mar;161(3):710-727. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.09.024. Epub 2021 Sep 27. PMID: 34592318; PMCID: PMC8474873.
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Should we be considering tPA (alteplase) as a last-ditch effort to try to improve oxygenation in our COVID-19 patients? Show Notes: https://eddyjoemd.com/tpa-covid/ Although great care has been taken to ensure that the information in this podcast are accurate, eddyjoe, LLC shall not be held responsible or in any way liable for the continued accuracy of the information, or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies, or for any consequences arising therefrom. Citation: Barrett CD, Moore HB, Moore EE, Wang J, Hajizadeh N, Biffl WL, Lottenberg L, Patel PR, Truitt MS, McIntyre RC Jr, Bull TM, Ammons LA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Douglas IS, Schmidt EP, Moore PK, Wright FL, Ramdeo R, Borrego R, Rueda M, Dhupa A, McCaul DS, Dandan T, Sarkar PK, Khan B, Sreevidya C, McDaniel C, Grossman Verner HM, Pearcy C, Anez-Bustillos L, Baedorf-Kassis EN, Jhunjhunwala R, Shaefi S, Capers K, Banner-Goodspeed V, Talmor DS, Sauaia A, Yaffe MB. Study of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19: A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2022 Mar;161(3):710-727. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.09.024. Epub 2021 Sep 27. PMID: 34592318; PMCID: PMC8474873.
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