Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients With Stroke in the United States Admitted During the International Stroke Conference.

ABSTRACT: Background Patients presenting to hospitals during non-weekday hours experience worse outcomes, often attributed to reduced staffing. The American Heart Association International Stroke Conference ( ISC ) is well attended by stroke clinicians. We sought to determine whether patients with acute ischemic stroke ( AIS ) admitted during the ISC receive less guideline-adherent care and experience worse outcomes. Methods and Results We performed a retrospective cohort study of US hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke and assessed use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, other quality measures, and outcomes for patients with AIS admitted during the ISC compared with those admitted the weeks before and after the conference. A total of 69 738 patients with AIS were inclu

SUBMITTER: Messe SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6404171 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature