Strategies used by hospitals to improve speed of tissue-type plasminogen activator treatment in acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1387-1395

  Xian, Ying ^a   Smith, Eric E ^b   Zhao, Xin ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Olson, Daiwai M ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^e   Saver, Jeffrey L ^d   Schwamm, Lee H ^f   Fonarow, Gregg C ^g  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Quality of health care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOOR TO NEEDLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899915323     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003898     Document Type: Article

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