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Comment on the 2015 ACEP tPA Clinical Policy Draft here
"ACEP tPA Clinical Policy 2012 – This policy has been entrenched in controversy since it was published. Why? Well, largely because the evidence was given a stronger level recommendation than the data supported, conflicts of interest abounded, and the data (mostly from NINDS (The SGEM review), ECASS, and IST-3) were problematic. This has been well covered by these reviews of the clinical policy:
- Emergency Medicine Literature of Note – Dr. Ryan Radecki
- SMART EM - Dr. David Newman
- Practical Evidence – Dr. Scott Weingart
- ACEP 2014 Debate – FOAMcast
What changed in the 2015 draft?"
http://foamcast.org/2015/01/13/foamcastini-acep-tpa-clinical-policy-update/