Open AccessImpact of Admission Time on Treatment and Outcome of Stroke in Patients Admitted to Tertiary Care Hospital: A Pilot Study from Central India
Author(s) -
Amit R. Nayak,
Aliabbas A. Husain,
Neha H. Lande,
Anuja P. Kawle,
Dinesh Kabra,
Girdhar M. Taori,
Hatim F. Daginawala,
Rajpal S. Kashyap
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12000.6106
Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , referral , stroke (engine) , confounding , neurology , hospital admission , tertiary referral hospital , emergency medicine , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , mechanical engineering , family medicine , psychiatry , engineering
Admission of patients within window period has been linked with efficacy of treatment outcome and recovery. The present study examined the effects of early vs delayed admission on functional outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) as well as added value of stroke markers in such patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Central India.