Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 26, 2025

BackgroundStructural racism and rural/urban differences in stroke care affect care delivery and outcomes. Methods and ResultsIn this retrospective study using complete, deidentified inpatient Medicare data (20162019), we identified incident acute ischemic stroke admissions, demographics, and hospitallevel variables. versus 0.11

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP61-AWP61, February 1, 2024. Background:The CSC Advanced Disease-Specific Certification program requires hospitals to provide stroke education to patients and family members. A QR code was placed in the patient’s stroke education folder and displayed prominently in visible areas.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP18-ATMP18, February 1, 2024. Respondents were stroke directors or coordinators. Survey items analyzed included questions on certification status, transfer processes, volumes, times, delays, and requirements for transfers. of sending hospitals send ≥20 transfers annually vs. 64.4%

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP47-ATP47, February 1, 2024. Delivery of clinical education and implementation of hospital-based emergency department (ED) workflows to FSEDs contributes to a successful system of care. NIHSS certification is required and renewed every two years.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP106-AWMP106, February 1, 2024. Background:Medical comorbidities and stroke risk factors only explain a proportion of stroke incidence and outcomes in different populations. Social determinants of health(SDOH)have been associated with incident stroke.

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Circulation

OCTOBER 19, 2023

BACKGROUND:The thrombectomy-capable stroke center (TSC) is a recently introduced intermediate tier of accreditation for hospitals at which patients with acute ischemic stroke receive care. Participants were recruited from Get With The Guidelines–Stroke registry. 1.66]) and in TSCs compared with PSCs (OR, 1.45 [95% CI, 1.08–1.96]).

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Strokes Stroke Thrombolysis Certification 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP76-ATP76, February 1, 2024. Stroke rehab expertise, care processes, and educational resources vary among sites where post-acute care (PAC) is delivered. Sites received education on the PAC Stroke Program standards and individualized quality improvement support.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ADP10-ADP10, February 1, 2025. Our system provides stroke education to hundreds of nurses annually. We achieved high compliance and competencies with our stroke specific education.Conclusions:Educational technology tools from non-medical settings can be easily adapted to nursing education.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP131-ATP131, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Studies of racial and ethnic disparities in using intravenous thrombolytics (IVT) for stroke in large healthcare systems and specific US states are lacking. Patients aged <18 years, those arriving >4.5 received IVT.

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Certification Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Strokes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP59-ATP59, February 1, 2025. Background:Baptist Health System [BHS] is a five-hospital system operating under one Provider Number with one combined Medical Staff. ED CSO included 1] NPO until DS by RN passed; 2] Stat DS by RN prior to FOI, including medication and ice chips [Meds/Ice].

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP98-ATP98, February 1, 2024. Clinical processes that impact quality of care and hospital metrics are abstracted and entered in the Get with The Guidelines® (GWTG) suite of registry programs. Background:Manual abstraction is still the leading source of registry data entry.

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Certification Education Hospital Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP28-AWMP28, February 1, 2024. There is little data on certified stroke programs being established in new hospitals. We began trending processes and overall stroke care based on the Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) STK measures. Mean age was 63.15±17.37 Mean age was 63.15±17.37

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP152-AWP152, February 1, 2025. Background:Structural racism and disparities between rural and urban healthcare systems significantly impact stroke care delivery in the United States. vs. 88.6%), stroke certification (5.3% vs. 38.4%), and lower rates of TPA (1.6% for TPA, 1.27

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP22-ATP22, February 1, 2024. Delirium and infection were defined by ICD-10 coding supplemented by hand-searching of hospital records. Dementia was diagnosed using clinical/cognitive assessment, medical records and death certificates.

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Dementia Certification Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP18-AWMP18, February 1, 2025. Incident dementia diagnoses were defined by cognitive testing (in-person and telephone), informant interviews, and hospital discharge codes or death certificates.

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Dr. Anish Koka

JANUARY 18, 2023

LDL floats around in the blood stream and is thought to incrementally accumulate on blood vessels in the body, ultimately increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Statins inhibit the intracellular liver enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which then results in up regulation of LDL receptors on the surface of the liver cell.

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Dr. Anish Koka

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The CDC/FDA paused distribution of this vaccine momentarily because of a rare, but real devastating complication that emerged in young healthy women who had received the vaccine - a platelet destroying blood clotting disorder that could cause a severe brain stroke. Numbers this small make for fragile conclusions.

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