Time to Computerized Tomography Scan, Age, and Mortality in Acute Stroke

Autor: Chun Shing Kwok, Peter Owusu-Agyei, Oliver Redmayne, Raj Shekhar, Max O Bachmann, Stanley D. Musgrave, John F. Potter, Andrew C Kidd, Diana J. Day, Joseph Ngeh, Anthony K. Metcalf, Phyo K. Myint, Elizabeth A. Warburton, Kevin Walsh, Anne Nicolson
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 25(12)
ISSN: 1532-8511
Popis: Background: Time to computerized tomography (CT) is important to institute appropriate and timely hyper-acute management in stroke. We aimed to evaluate mortality outcomes in relation to age and time to CT scan. Methods: We used routinely collected data in eight National Health Service Trusts in East of England between September 2008 and April 2011. Stroke cases were prospectively identified and confirmed. Odds ratios for unadjusted and adjusted models for age categories(24 hours) and the in-hospital and early(
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