Acute stroke alert activation, emergency service use, and reperfusion therapy in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Ambulance services and stroke alerts reduce the time from stroke onset to acute stroke diagnosis. We describe the use of stroke alerts and ambulance services in different hospitals and patient groups and their relationship with reperfusion therapy.

Methods

This nationwide study included 49,907 patients admitted with acute stroke who were registered in The Swedish Stroke Register (Riksstroke) in 2011-2012.

Results

The proportions of patients admitted as stroke alerts out of all acute stroke admissions varied from 12.2% to 45.7% in university hospitals (n = 9), 0.5% to 38.7% in specialized nonuniversity hospitals (n = 22), and 4.2% to 40.3% in community hospitals (n = 41). Younger age, atrial fibrillation (AF), living in an institution, r

SUBMITTER: Eriksson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5390837 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature