Open AccessFactors influencing nonadministration of thrombolytic therapy in early arrival strokes in a university hospital in Hyderabad, India
Author(s) -
Lalitha Pidaparthi,
Anitha Kotha,
Venkat Reddy Aleti,
Abhijeet Kumar Kohat,
Mridula R Kandadai,
Suryaprabha Turaga,
Jabeen A Shaik,
Suvarna Alladi,
Meena A Kanikannan,
Rupam Borgohain,
Subhash Kaul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.179976
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , stroke (engine) , bleed , arrival time , referral , emergency medicine , ischemic stroke , myocardial infarction , surgery , ischemia , mechanical engineering , family medicine , transport engineering , engineering
It is a well-known fact that very few patients of stroke arrive at the hospital within the window period of thrombolysis. Even among those who do, not all receive thrombolytic therapy.