Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke treatment: part I

Abstract

These guidelines are a result of several meetings from the Brazilian Stroke Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Doenas Cerebrovasculares -SBDCV, website www.sbdcv.org.br), which represents the Scientific Department in cerebrovascular diseases of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, responsible for technical opinions and educational projects related to cerebrovascular diseases. Members from SBDCV participated in web-based discussion forum with pre-defined themes, followed by a formal onsite meeting in which controversies and final position statements were discussed. Finally, a writing group was created to revise and translate the final document, which was approved by all members of the SBDCV. The final text aims to guide specialists and non-specialists in stroke care in managing patients with acute ischemic stroke. The hemorrhagic stroke guideline has been previously published by the same group 1 . In the final recommendations, Oxford classification for evidence level and recommendation grade was used: