Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke 2018
Since the Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke 2014 published,many effective progresses have been made during the past four years.Guidelines update is necessary to improve the management of acute ischemic stroke.The Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke 2018 is approved by Chinese Society of Neurology,Chinese Stroke Society.The purpose of the guideline is to provide up-to-date recommendations in management of acute ischemic stroke,especially in pre-hospital care,emergency evaluation and diagnostic pathway,intravenous thrombolysis,endovascular treatment and multi-model image evaluation.The concept of systematic management of stroke is emphasized.