Is it an expected practice for critical care nurses to irrigate an external ventriculostomy drainage (EVD) system with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to break up blood clots in the tubing to facilitate drainage, thereby preventing increased intracranial pressure?

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care nurse 2007-06, Vol.27 (3), p.78, 80-78
1. Verfasser:	Criddle, Laura M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Fibrinolytic Agents - administration & dosage Humans Intracranial Hypertension - prevention & control Nursing Therapeutic Irrigation - methods Tissue Plasminogen Activator - administration & dosage Ventriculostomy - nursing
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