Stroke alert program improves recognition and evaluation time of in-hospital ischemic stroke.
An inpatient stroke alert program is effective in decreasing evaluation time for in-hospital strokes, although response times remain significantly longer than those in the emergency department. It is capable of increasing the percentage of ischemic strokes identified by the hospital's stroke team, at the cost of an increased percentage of false alarms.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA. Ethan.Cumbler@ucdenver.edu
Ethan
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Cumbler
Tracey
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Anderson
Robert
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Neumann
William J
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Jones
Kerry
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Brega
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003120:Colorado; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors