Rising stroke and higher mortality among Indian population needs focused attention for
prevention and early management of stroke. In India, very few studies have been carried out …

OBJECTIVES: To find out about stroke patients: who decides to seek medical help, where
they go, how long it takes to contact the health system and to arrive at the ED. METHODS …

Little is known about stroke patients' awareness about the warning signs of stroke and its
therapeutic time window in Brazil. Method We interviewed consecutive patients with acute …

An improvement in patient arrival time to stroke unit (SU) is recommended, since earlier
stroke management seems to improve 'per se'functional outcome. The objective of this study …

Delayed arrival to the emergency department (ED) precludes most stroke patients from
receiving thrombolytic treatment. Our objective in this study was to examine the association …

Background: It is important that the general population be aware of the early symptoms,
since it has been shown that early arrival to hospitals leads better prognosis of stroke …

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with prehospital
delays in patients with acute ischaemic stroke who are indicated to receive thrombolysis if …

Background Compared to whites, African Americans have almost a 2-fold increased risk of
first-ever stroke. Our study sought to determine awareness of stroke risk factors and …

Background: Only a small percentage of patients with acute stroke are treated with
recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). Objective: To investigate why patients with …

Background Time‐limited acute stroke treatments are underused, primarily due to
prehospital delay. One approach to decreasing prehospital delay is to increase stroke …