Background: Many studies have examined the timeliness of thrombolysis for acute ischemic
stroke, but less is known about door-to-imaging time. We conducted a prospective cohort …

Background and Purpose—National guidelines recommend patients with acute stroke
undergo brain imaging within 25 minutes of emergency department arrival. Delayed brain …

Background and Purpose—We examined patient demographic and hospital characteristics
and clinical predictors of delay time from hospital arrival until CT among 20 374 patients …

Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator is the
approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 h from symptoms onset. Evidence …

Background and purpose The advances in the diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke
increase the importance of providing these patients with timely medical attention. This study …

Intravenous thrombolysis increases disability-free survival after acute ischaemic stroke in a
time-dependent fashion. We aimed to determine whether pre-hospital notification …

Background Rapid brain imaging for ischemic stroke is important for patient outcomes. We
sought to determine the proportion of ischemic stroke patients receiving brain imaging within …

Background and Purpose—Patient delays in seeking treatment for stroke and delays within
the Emergency Department (ED) are major factors in the lack of use of thrombolytic therapy …

Importance Given the limited time window available for treatment with tissue plasminogen
activator (tPA) in patients with acute ischemic stroke, guidelines recommend door-to …

Background: Stroke presents commonly to the emergency department (ED), and is a
common cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Early ED presentation and early …