Thrombolysis with alteplase administered within a narrow therapeutic window provides an
effective therapy for acute ischaemic stroke. However, mainly because of prehospital delay …

Background Mass media interventions have been implemented to improve emergency
response to stroke given the emergence of effective acute treatments, but their impact is …

Background Time is essential for the treatment of acute stroke. Much time is lost outside the
hospital, either due to failure in identifying stroke symptoms or due to a delay in notification …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and functional impairment. While older
people are particularly vulnerable to stroke, research suggests that they have the poorest …

Context Emergency departments (EDs) are experiencing increased patient volumes and
serve as a source of care of last resort for uninsured patients. Common assumptions about …

Despite their growing presence in home computer applications and various telephony
services, commercial automatic speech recognition technologies are still not easily …

Objectives The incidence of stroke is on the rise among younger adults. Stroke educational
campaigns are often used to raise public knowledge of stroke warning signs and response …

Background and Purpose—Excessive prehospital delay between acute stroke onset and
hospital arrival is an ongoing problem. Translating knowledge of stroke warning signs into …

Background Patient delay in presenting to hospital with stroke symptoms remains one of the
major barriers to thrombolysis treatment, leading to its suboptimal use internationally …

This paper reviews the epidemiology of childhood stroke. Stroke is an important condition in
children. It is one of the top ten causes of childhood death and there is a high risk of serious …