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?

Criddle, Laura M

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? [electronic resource] - Critical care nurse Jun 2007 - 78, 80-1 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

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Fibrinolytic Agents--administration & dosage
Humans
Intracranial Hypertension--prevention & control
Therapeutic Irrigation--methods
Tissue Plasminogen Activator--administration & dosage
Ventriculostomy--nursing