Stroke center characteristics which influence the administration of thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke: A national survey of stroke centers in Taiwan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Jeng, Jiann Shing ^a   Tang, Sung Chun ^a   Deng, I Chan ^a   Tsai, Li Kai ^a   Yeh, Shin Joe ^a   Yip, Ping Keung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stroke care; Stroke center; Stroke unit; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE UNIT; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE; TAIWAN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 67349246524     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. The National Institute of neurological Disorders rt-PA Stroke study Group. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med 333 (1995) 1581-1587
2. Hacke W., Donnan G., Fieschi C., Kaste M., von Kummer R., Broderick J.P., et al. Association of outcome with early stroke treatment: pooled analysis of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rt-PA stroke trials. Lancet 363 (2004) 768-774
3. Wahlgren N., Ahmed N., Dávalos A., Ford G.A., Grond M., Hacke W., et al. Thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke in the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-Monitoring Study (SITS-MOST): an observational study. Lancet 369 (2007) 275-282
4. Collaborative Systematic Review of the Randomized Trials of Organized Inpatient (Stroke Unit) Care After Stroke. Stroke Unit Trialists' collaboration. BMJ 314 (1997) 1151-1159
5. Seenan P., long M., and Langhorne P. Stroke units in their natural habitat. Systematic review of observational studies. Stroke 38 (2007) 1886-1892
6. Candelise L., Gattinoni M., Bersano A., Micieli G., Sterzi R., Morabito A., and PROSIT Study Group. Stroke-unit care for acute stroke patients: an observational follow-up study. Lancet 369 (2007) 299-305
7. Alberts M.A., Hademenos G., Latchaw R.E., Jagoda A., Marler J.R., Mayberg M.R., et al. Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers. J Am Med Assoc 283 (2000) 3102-3109
8. Alberts M.J., Latchaw R.E., Selman W.R., Shephard T., Hadley M.N., Brass L.M., et al. Recommendations for comprehensive stroke centers: a consensus statement from the Brain Attack Coalition. Stroke 36 (2005) 1597-1616
9. Camilo O., and Goldstein L.B. Lower stroke-related mortality in counties with stroke center: North Carolina Stoke Facility Survey. Neurology 64 (2005) 762-763
10. Kidwell C.S., Shephard T., Tonn S., Lawyer B., Murdock M., Koroshetz W., et al. Establishment of primary stroke centers. A survey of physician attitudes and hospital resources. Neurology 60 (2003) 1452-1456
11. Douglas V.C., Tong D.C., Gillum L.A., Zhao S., Brass L.M., Dostal J., et al. Do the Brain Attack Coalition's criteria for stroke centers improve care for ischemic stroke?. Neurology 64 (2005) 422-427
12. Jeng J.S., and Su T.C. Epidemiological studies of cerebrovascular diseases and carotid atherosclerosis in Taiwan. Acta Neurol Taiwan 16 (2007) 190-202
13. Jeng J.S., Lee T.K., Chang Y.C., Huang Z.S., Ng S.K., Chen R.C., et al. Subtypes and case-fatality of stroke: a hospital-based stroke registry in Taiwan (SCAN-IV). J Neurol Sci 156 (1998) 220-226
14. Hu H.H., Sheng W.Y., Chu F.L., Lan C.F., and Chiang B.N. Incidence of stroke in Taiwan. Stroke 23 (1992) 1237-1241
15. Schumacher H.C., Bateman B.T., Boden-Albala B., Berman M.F., Mohr J.P., Sacco R.L., et al. Use of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample 1999 to 2004. Ann Emerg Med 50 (2007) 99-107
16. Heuschmann P.U., Berger K., Misslewitz B., Hermanek P., Leffmann C., Adelmann M., et al. Frequency of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke and the risk of in-hospital mortality: the German Stroke Registers Study Group. Stroke 34 (2003) 1106-1113
17. Leira E.C., Pary J.K., Davis P.H., Grimsman K.J., and Adams Jr. H.P. Slow progressive acceptance of intravenous thrombolysis for patients with stroke by rural primary care physicians. Arch Neurol 64 (2007) 518-521
18. Edwards L.L. Using tPA for acute stroke in a rural setting. Neurology 68 (2007) 192-194
19. Leys D., Ringelstein E.B., Kaste M., Hacke W., and for the European Stroke Initiative executive committee. The main components of stroke unit care: results of a European expert survey. Cerebrovasc Dis 23 (2007) 344-352
20. Leys D., Ringelstein E.B., Kaste M., Hacke W., and for the European Stroke Initiative executive committee. Facility available in European hospitals treating stroke patients. Stroke 38 (2007) 2985-2991
21. Birbeck G.L., Zingmond D.S., Cui X., and Vickrey B.G. Multispecialty stroke services in California hospitals are associated with reduced mortality. Neurology 66 (2006) 1527-1532
22. Gropen T.I., Gagliano P.J., Blake C.A., Blake C.A., Sacco R.L., Kwiatkowski T., et al. Quality improvement in acute stroke: the New York State Stroke Center Designation Project. Neurology 67 (2006) 88-93
23. Wojner-Alexandrov A.W., Alexandrov A.V., Rodriguez D., Persse D., and Grotta J.C. Houston paramedic and emergency stroke treatment and outcomes study (HoPSTO). Stroke 36 (2005) 1512-1518
24. Katzan I.L., Hammer M.D., Furlan A.J., Hixson E.D., Nadzam D.M., and Cleveland Clinic Health System Stroke Quality Improvement Team. Quality improvement and tissue-type plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke: a Cleveland update. Stroke 34 (2003) 799-800
25. Lopez-Yunez A., Bruno A., Williams L., Yilmaz E., Zurrú C., and Biller J. Protocol violations in community-based rt-PA stroke treatment are associated with symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke 32 (2001) 12-16
26. Graham G.D. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke in clinical practice: a meta-analysis of safety data. Stroke 34 (2003) 2847-2850
27. Mayer S.A., and Schwab S. Critical care and emergency medicine. Stroke 38 (2007) 225-228