A Comparison of Brain Death Criteria between China and the United States.

Background: Criteria for determining brain death (BD) vary between China and the United States. We reported the results of an investigation designed to compare procedures to determine BD in two countries.

Methods: The latest criteria in the United states were published in 2010.

Thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation.

Objective: Intravenous administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is known as the only approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke. However, it is still controversial whether acute ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation should receive rtPA therapy.

Methods: We studied 99 patients altogether who belonged to three different groups based on the patient characteristics: (1) atrial fibrillation rtPA-treated group consisting of 22 ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation treated with rtPA within 4.