New research finds hospitals administer wrong dose of drugs to stroke patients in emergency departments by failing to weigh them

Stroke patients receiving emergency clot busting drugs, the correct dose of which depends on the patient’s weight, may be receiving the wrong dose because the UK (and much of Europe) does not weigh patients prior to its administration, a new study has revealed.

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