Drip-and-Ship Thrombolytic Treatment Paradigm Among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in the United States

Therapies Friday, June 8th, 2012

Stroke.ahajournals.org:  June 5, 2012.

Background and Purpose—To provide a national assessment of thrombolytic administration using drip-and-ship treatment paradigm.

Methods—Patients treated with the drip-and-ship paradigm among all acute ischemic stroke patients treated with thrombolytic treatment were identified within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Thrombolytic utilization, patterns of referral, comparative in-hospital outcomes, and hospitalization charges related to drip-and-ship paradigm were determined. All the in-hospital outcomes were analyzed after adjusting for potential confounders using multivariate analysis. Read More

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