title: [Patients with ischemic stroke are taken care quickly in São Paulo Hospital].
abstract: We observed inpatients with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke hospitalized at least 24 hours. We investigated the reasons for early or late arrival to the Emergency Room, the time span from arrival to computed tomography (CT) scanning, factors associated to hospitalization time, and patients outcome. We concluded that people who are cared for by São Paulo Hospital now get to the hospital sooner than they did 3 years ago (47% arrived in 3 hours or less) and that the patient flow inside the hospital became much faster, once any stroke patient is considered now a medical emergency by the hospital staff. Infections were the main complications presented by our patients, which is leading us to optimize protocols to improve emergency care by all the staff.
authors.affiliation: Departrmento de Enfermagem, Setor de Urgência, Hospital São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lilia Fumie
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Marcia Maiumi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fukujima
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granitoff
authors.forename: Gilmar Fernandes
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: do Prado
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed