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Stroke

ISC 2013: Improving Door-to-Needle Times

The Particulars: Recent studies suggest that less than 30% of patients treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) are imaged within 25 minutes or received IV tPA within 60 minutes of ED arrival. Using a model...

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Substance Abuse Common Among Younger Stroke Patients

Substance abuse appears to be common among younger adults who experience a stroke, according to an investigation from researchers in Cincinnati. Substance abuse among stroke patients increased from 45% in 1993 to 62% in 2005....

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Younger Adults Having Strokes

Results of a population-based analysis indicate that more people are experiencing stroke at younger ages. Data from the 1990s suggests that the average age a stroke was 71.2 years, but the new study demonstrated that the average...

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