Warfarin-Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage Is Inadequately Treated at Community Emergency Departments

Stroke.ahajournals.org: July 5, 2012.

Background and Purpose—The purpose of this study was to investigate time delays, adherence to guidelines, and their impact on outcomes in patients with warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage transferred from community emergency departments to a comprehensive stroke center.

Methods—We collected demographic, clinical, transfer time, treatment, and outcome data for patients transferred to our institution with warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage from community emergency departments. Read more