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The physician who decieds to administer a thrombolytic therapy to a patient with acute stroke, has to consider both the results of randomized controlled trials, a complex matter itself, and problems related to consent, with its deontological and legal aspects, in the difficult contest of the emergency situations and acute stroke care. Although the analysis of studies on thrombolysis in medical literature has been ample and may be redundant, the latter aspect, i. e. that of how to cope with the problem of consent, has never been treated adequately. The problem of consent is particularly important and delicate in Italy and in most countries of the European Union, where thrombolytic therapy can be used only off label or within experimental studies. This document aims to provide the tools needed to overcome the gap between the generic indication for thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke, coming from clinical studies, and its effective use.
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Received: 7 August 2001 / Accepted in revised form: 16 October 2001
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Ciccone, A., Bonito, V. & and the Italian Neurological Society's Study Group for Bioethics and Palliative Care in Neurology. Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the problem of consent. Neurol Sci 22, 339–344 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100720100062
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100720100062