Acute Stroke Code Accuracy in the Inpatient Versus Emergency Department (ED) Setting (S16.003)

Conclusion FP were more common for inpatient versus ED codes AMS or SS were infrequently associated with stroke diagnosis. Better education for non-neuroscience hospital providers, regarding acute stroke criteria, is needed.Disclosure: Dr. Schneck has received research support from NIH (POINT, COSS, ARUBA, ALIAS, Lundbeck (DIAS4), TIMI-50 Consortium, and Local PI Multicenter Clincial trials. Dr. Bruzzone has nothing to disclose. Dr. Vlahovic has nothing to disclose. Dr. Durazo-Arvizu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Biller has received personal compensation in an editorial capacity for the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Frontier in Neurology and Up-To-Date. Dr. Flaster has nothing to disclose. Dr. Morales-Vidal has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ruland has received personal compensation for activities with Aztra Zeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim as a consultant and/or speaker. Dr. Ray has nothing to disclose.

Source: Neurology - February 7, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Schneck, M., Bruzzone, M., Vlahovic, L., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Biller, J., Flaster, M., Morales-Vidal, S., Ruland, S., Ray, J. Tags: Prehospital/Emergency Room Stroke Care and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Source Type: research