Thrombolytic agents are used in which conditions? (Select all that apply.)
a. Acute pulmonary embolism
b. Ischemic stroke
c. Cellular damage
d. Hypotensive crisis
e. Acute arterial occlusion
ANS: A, B, E
Thrombolytic agents are used in acute myocardial infarction for lysis of thrombi that block coronary arteries, in acute pulmonary embolism for clot lysis when the patient is hemodynamically unstable, in acute ischemic stroke, and in acute arterial occlusion. Use of thrombolytics reduces the extent of cellular damage from blockage.
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