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Joint Commission Primary Stroke Centers Utilize More rt‐PA in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

BACKGROUND: The Joint Commission began certifying primary stroke centers (PSCs) in December 2003 and provides a standardized definition of stroke center care. It is unknown if PSCs outperform noncertified hospitals. We hypothesized that PSCs would use more recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r...

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Autores principales: Mullen, Michael T., Kasner, Scott E., Kallan, Michael J., Kleindorfer, Dawn O., Albright, Karen C., Carr, Brendan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23537806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.000071