A 75-year-old right handed lady presents having woken at 7am with new onset speech disturbance and right-sided weakness. She was last seen well before going to bed at 10pm the night before. She has a past medical history of hypertension and hypothyroidism. You complete an ABCDE assessment and an ECG shows an irregularly irregular rhythm at a rate of 75bpm. On examination, right upper and lower limb power is 3/5 and she is unable to name objects. The CT brain is reported as NAD however the patient’s symptoms are ongoing. Which of the following treatments should be commenced?

7 votes

A. Alteplase for thrombolysis
 
57% / 4 votes
B. Aspirin 300mg OD
 
43% / 3 votes
C. Clopidogrel 75mg OD
 
0% / 0 votes
D. Rivaroxaban 20mg OD
 
0% / 0 votes
E. Warfarin 5mg OD
 
0% / 0 votes


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