Does sex influence the response to intravenous thrombolysis in ischemic stroke?
Data from Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register suggest that intravenous thrombolysis may modify the observed survival and recovery advantage for men expected in the natural course of an ischemic stroke, with a possible larger beneficial treatment effect in women when compared with men.
Patients with predictive factors for positive endoscopic results, including male sex, old age and early presentation, were justified for OGD, during which identification and removal of the foreign bodies were carried out. As for the low risk group, a more conservative approach, for example with the use of computed tomography as a diagnostic tool, could help to reduce the number of negative endoscopies.