Identifying Gaps and Missed Opportunities for Intravenous Thrombolytic Treatment of Inpatient Stroke

Identifying Gaps and Missed Opportunities for Intravenous Thrombolytic Treatment of Inpatient Stroke

Background: Inpatient stroke-codes (ISC) have traditionally seen low treatment rates with IV-thrombolytic (IVT). The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of true stroke, prevalent IVT-treatment gap and study the factors associated with such missed treatment opportunities (MTO).Method...

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Main Authors: Karan Topiwala, Karan Tarasaria, Ilene Staff, Dawn Beland, Erica Schuyler, Amre Nouh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
in-hospital stroke
IV-thrombolytic
stroke mimic
missed treatment
quality improvement
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00134/full

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