Too Good to Treat? Outcomes in Patients Not Receiving Thrombolysis Due to Mild Deficits or Rapidly Improving Symptoms

Abstract

We found that a small proportion of patients deemed too good to treat will have early neurological deterioration, in contrast to other studies. Decisions about whether to treat mild stroke patients depend on the outcome measure chosen, particularly when considering discharge disposition among patients who have had prior stroke. The decision to thrombolyze may ultimately rest on the nature of the presentation and deficit.