Open AccessDo Presenting Symptoms Explain Sex Differences in Emergency Department Delays Among Patients With Acute Stroke?
Author(s) -
Julia W. Gargano,
Susan Wehner,
Mathew J. Reeves
Publication year - 2009
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/strokeaha.108.543116
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , stroke (engine) , confounding , emergency medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Previous studies report that women with stroke may experience longer delays in diagnostic workup than men after arriving at the emergency department. We hypothesized that presenting symptom differences could explain these delays.
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