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Factors Influencing Early Admission in a French Stroke Unit

Author(s) -

Laurent Derex,

Patrice Adeleine,

Norbert Nighoghossian,

Jérôme Honnorat,

P Trouillas

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/hs0102.100533

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , thrombolysis , univariate analysis , logistic regression , level of consciousness , tissue plasminogen activator , emergency medicine , multivariate analysis , pediatrics , physical therapy , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering

Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator improves outcome after ischemic stroke when given within 3 hours of symptoms onset in carefully selected patients. However, only a small proportion of acute stroke patients are currently eligible for thrombolysis, mainly because of excessive delay to hospital presentation. We sought to determine the factors associated with early admission in a French stroke unit.

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