title: Improving patient selection for coagulopathy testing in the setting of acute ischemic stroke.
abstract: To improve patient selection for specialized coagulation testing in the setting of ischemic stroke, the authors sought to identify factors associated with the presence of hypercoagulable states. Of 208 patients with ischemic stroke tested, undetermined stroke subtype was significantly associated with the presence of coagulopathy, but only 60% were treated with warfarin. The frequency of coagulopathy in selected patients with ischemic stroke (5%) is low, and establishing the diagnosis did not uniformly influence treatment.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Center for Cerebrovascular Disease, Durham, NC 27710, USA. bushn002@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bushnell
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D015995:Prevalence; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin