Pre-hospital delay and its associated factors in first-ever stroke registered in communities from three cities in China

B Jiang, X Ru, H Sun, H Liu, D Sun, Y Liu, J Huang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This study aimed to explore pre-hospital delay and its associated factors in first-ever stroke
registered in communities from three cities in China. The rates of delay greater than or equal …

Factors related to decision delay in acute stroke

KW Faiz, A Sundseth, B Thommessen… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The time from symptom onset to seeking medical assistance (decision delay)
accounts for a proportion of prehospital delay in acute stroke. The aims of this study were to …

The level of awareness of stroke risk factors and symptoms in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Gulf Cooperation Council stroke awareness study

S Kamran, AB Bener, D Deleu, W Khoja, M Jumma… - …, 2008 - karger.com
Objective: To assess the knowledge of stroke in the general public in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) countries. Background: The Arabian Gulf is a rapidly developing part of the …

Prehospital and intra-hospital time delays in posterior circulation stroke: results from the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry

P Sommer, L Seyfang, A Posekany, J Ferrari… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Therapeutic effect of recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is time dependent.
There is limited evidence whether localization of stroke within the posterior circulation (PCS) …

Race and income disparity in ischemic stroke care: nationwide inpatient sample database, 2002 to 2008

MM Kimball, D Neal, MF Waters, BL Hoh - Journal of Stroke and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Health care disparities exist between demographic groups with stroke. We
examined whether patients of particular ethnicity or income levels experienced reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke treatment: part I

J Oliveira-Filho, SCO Martins… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
SciELO - Brasil - Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke treatment: part I Guidelines for acute
ischemic stroke treatment: part I Acessibilidade / Reportar erro Brasil Lista alfabética de …

IV tissue plasminogen activator use in acute stroke: experience from a statewide registry

YZ Deng, MJ Reeves, BS Jacobs, GL Birbeck… - Neurology, 2006 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assess the use of IV recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in a
statewide hospital-based stroke registry and to identify factors associated with its use among …

Evolving role of biomarkers in acute cerebrovascular disease

DN Kernagis, DT Laskowitz - Annals of neurology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a clinically validated biomarker of acute cerebral ischemia would have
the potential to facilitate the use of time‐sensitive reperfusion strategies, allow for …

Factors influencing delay in presentation for acute stroke in an emergency department in Milan, Italy

A Maestroni, C Mandelli, D Manganaro… - Emergency Medicine …, 2008 - emj.bmj.com
Background and aims: Early treatment is critical for successful intervention in acute stroke.
The aim of this study was to describe delays in presentation to hospital and in the …

Social determinants of health in neurology

N Rosendale - Neurologic Clinics, 2022 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people are born, live, and
grow that affect health access and outcomes. 1 The US Department of Health and Human …