Prevalence of delayed diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke in an acute care hospital: A single-center cross-sectional study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Given the short therapeutic window for evidence-based therapies such as thrombolysis and endovascular treatment, it is important to immediately diagnose ischemic stroke. We investigated the prevalence of missed ischemic stroke diagnoses at initial contact and the proportion of potentially treatable patients without a delayed diagnosis.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 408 consecutive patients hospitalized due to acute ischemic stroke were included. The primary outcome was a delayed diagnosis of ischemic stroke at initial contact. A diagnosis of stroke was judged to be delayed unless physicians made a diagnosis and initiated treatment for ischemic stroke during the initial contact. The secondary outcome was ischemic stroke with a missed th

SUBMITTER: Takarada C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature