Research by a Michigan State University epidemiologist finds that few acute-stroke patients are receiving care that is consistent with established guidelines.
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The work of Mathew Reeves, an assistant professor in MSU's Department of Epidemiology, reveals that fewer than a quarter of patients arrive at an emergency room within three hours of the onset of symptoms, and that fewer than 5 percent of stroke patients eligible for clot-busting medication receive it. Reeves' research is documented in the journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. ?We're losing between 50 and 70 percent of patients right from the get-go because we don't know ex ... (more)
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