About this episode
In this lesson, we learn how to discuss contraindications to thrombolytics in Spanish.
To assemble this lesson, I used a list of contraindications in the stroke chapter of my favorite medical education resource, MKSAP 19.
Luis Almeida joins us from Venezuela to help us with the Spanish for this lesson.
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LEVEL – ADVANCED
There is a lot to cover. Therefore, we will do it in two lessons. In this free lesson, we will cover Spanish for the following contraindications to thrombolytic therapy:
03:24 Greater than 4.5 hours since symptom onset
05:05 Recent head trauma or stroke,
07:03 Active internal bleeding,
08:21 Recent gastrointestinal or genitourinary bleeding,
11:25 Increased risk of bleeding or bleeding diathesis,
14:15 Elevated BP (> 185/110) despite treatment
17:04 Low blood sugar (
