Stroke Centers
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Do primary stroke centers occur randomly?
W hen the Brain Attack Coalition began to publish recommendations for the development of Stroke Centers, they chose to begin with primary stroke centers (PSCs), in the hope that such centers would impact the largest number of patients in the shortest period of time. 1,2 Currently, in the United States, there are >1000 PSCs certified by the Joint Commission, and likely several hundred more certi...
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n 2000, members of the Brain Attack Coalition published recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers (PSCs), 1 and in 2005 they published recommendations for the establishment of comprehensive stroke centers (CSCs). 2 To improve patient care and outcomes for stroke, the recommendations suggested that stroke centers should include acute stroke teams, written care protocols, em...
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We examine whether the proportion of the US population with ≤60 minute access to Primary Stroke Centers (PSCs) varies based on geographic and demographic factors. METHODS Population level access to PSCs within 60 minutes was estimated using validated models of prehospital time accounting for critical prehospital time intervals and existing road networks. We examined the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.582148