streptokinase
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- noun
- /ˌstrɛp.təˈkaɪ.neɪs/
- Specialized
:
estreptokinasa
- Streptokinase (Kabi, Sweden) 1.5 MU was infused intravenously over 1 hour in 1 dL physiological saline.
- streptokinase and aspirin
- streptokinase alone
- streptokinase-treated patients
Examples
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The doctor administered streptokinase to dissolve the blood clot in the patient's pulmonary artery.
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However, patients allocated to streptokinase had a higher 10-day case fatality than controls (27% vs 12%, OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.7-4.3).
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The best way to express this is to look at the case of the anticoagulant streptokinase.
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However, it took more than 10 years before streptokinase infusion became routinely accepted therapy.
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Non-fatal anaphylactic shock developed in one patient treated with streptokinase.
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Patients were randomly assigned in equal proportion to four treatment groups: streptokinase alone, aspirin alone, both, or neither.
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The present study provides evidence of a higher risk of 10-day case fatality with streptokinase plus aspirin than with streptokinase alone.
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In 1982, administration of streptokinase was shown to improve survival in patients undergoing an acute myocardial infarction.
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Of the 83 deaths in the streptokinase-treated patients, 63 were attributed to cerebral causes, 9 to cardiac causes, and 11 to other causes.
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A trial was conducted to determine whether, separately or together, streptokinase and aspirin have clinical benefits in acute ischaemic stroke similar to those in acute myocardial infarction.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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A natural protein made in the kidneys that helps break down blood clots
A drug that breaks up blood clots to restore blood flow during a heart attack or stroke
A medicine that breaks up blood clots to treat heart attacks and strokes
A protein in the blood that breaks down blood clots
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Streptokinase comes from the bacteria name strepto- meaning 'twisted' and the part -kinase from a root meaning 'to move', as in kinetic. So streptokinase is an enzyme made by strep bacteria that 'moves' chemicals in the blood to help break up clots, which is why doctors use it to dissolve clots.