Patient G has experienced a suspected stroke and is taken to the emergency department.
Within 3 hours of the symptoms starting, scans confirm an ischaemic stroke, where a clot is blocking a large cerebral artery.
Which one of the following is Patient G MOST LIKELY to be treated with first?

Question

Patient G has experienced a suspected stroke and is taken to the emergency department. 
 Within 3 hours of the symptoms starting, scans confirm an ischaemic stroke, where a clot is blocking a large cerebral artery. 
 Which one of the following is Patient G MOST LIKELY to be treated with first?

Answer

a diuretic, eg. mannitol

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mechanical thrombectomy

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an NMDA receptor antagonist, eg. memantine

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recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA)

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