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Time to Brain Imaging in Acute Stroke Is Improving

Author(s) -

Kori S. Zachrison,

James Burke,

Deborah A. Levine,

Phillip Scott,

William J. Meurer

Publication year - 2013

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.113.003678

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , mechanical engineering , engineering

Patients with acute ischemic stroke benefit from rapid evaluation and treatment, and timely brain imaging is a necessary component. We determined the effect of a targeted behavioral intervention on door-to-imaging time (DIT) among patients with ischemic stroke treated with tissue-type plasminogen activator. Second, we examined the variation in DIT accounted for by patient-level and hospital-level factors.

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