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Measuring Quality Improvement in Acute Ischemic Stroke Care: Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Door-to-Needle Time

BACKGROUND: In patients with acute ischemic stroke, early treatment with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) improves functional outcome by effectively reducing disability and dependency. Timely thrombolysis, within 1 h, is a vital aspect of acute stroke treatment, and is reflected in th...

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Autores principales: van Dishoeck, Anne Margreet, Dippel, Diederik W.J., Dirks, Maaike, Looman, Caspar W.N., Mackenbach, Johan P., Steyerberg, Ewout W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25076959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000363535