Cuyahoga County Operation Stroke speed of emergency department evaluation and compliance with National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and stroke time targets
Cuyahoga County Operation Stroke speed of emergency department evaluation and compliance with National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and stroke time targets
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.0000060870.55480.61
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发表时间:
2003-04-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Landis, DM
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作者:
Katzan, IL;Graber, TM;Landis, DM
Background and Purpose-Although the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has established time targets for the evaluation of acute stroke patients, little is known about how often these targets are met in the community. To track compliance with NINDS guidelines, Cuyahoga County Operation Stroke implemented a countywide data collection process that provides comparative reporting of hospital performance.Methods-Data on the emergency department evaluation of stroke patients have been retrospectively collected since January 2000 by hospitals participating in Cuyahoga County Operation Stroke. All hospitals used a 1-page form that includes NINDS time target information.Results-Median time to emergency department arrival for the 1003 patients in this cohort was 115 minutes; 382 patients (38%) arrived in