TY  - GEN
AU  - Criddle,Laura M
TI  - 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?
SN  - 0279-5442
PY  - 2007///0809
KW  - Fibrinolytic Agents
KW  - administration & dosage
KW  - Humans
KW  - Intracranial Hypertension
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - Therapeutic Irrigation
KW  - methods
KW  - Tissue Plasminogen Activator
KW  - Ventriculostomy
KW  - nursing
N1  - Publication Type: Journal Article
ER  -