National trends in utilization of Intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke (P5.044)

Conclusions:At national level, use of intravenous rt-PA is increasing among all groups proving positive impact of the efforts by organizations and patient education. Given endovascular treatment has now become standard of care; we need to create stroke care models to target this most vulnerable subset of patient population including Hispanics, patients residing in rural areas and insurance status like Medicaid or self-pay status to provide them similar and equal opportunities of treatment as others.Disclosure: Dr. Khatri has nothing to disclose. Dr. Afzal has nothing to disclose. Dr. Qureshi has nothing to disclose. Dr. Qureshi has nothing to disclose. Dr. Maud has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rodriguez has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cruz-Flores has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Neurocritical Care: Ischemic Injury Source Type: research