Expanding access to intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator treatment with a practice-based telestroke system.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-2013
Abstract
Emergency stroke treatment would benefit from the increased use of thrombolysis via academic or practice-based telemedicine systems. However, a comparative analysis of these systems has not been undertaken. Data on stroke severity and outcomes after thrombolysis were gathered on patients treated by a practice-based system and compared to published data from academic systems. Patient demographics and outcome measures were not significantly different for patients treated by practice-based or academic providers with the exceptions of lower age and shorter duration of stay in the practice-based treatment group. This study shows that emergency stroke care provided by academic and practice-based telemedicine systems can achieve similar outcomes.
Volume
22
Issue
8
First Page
546
Last Page
548
ISSN
1532-8511
Published In/Presented At
Sanders, K. A., Figiel, C., Kiely, J. M., Gwynn, M. W., & Johnston, L. H. (2013). Expanding access to intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator treatment with a practice-based telestroke system. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 22(8), e546–e548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.06.013
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
23834847
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article