In Emergency Departments, Some Stroke Victims Not Receiving Timely Diagnosis, Care

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The mantra in stroke care is "time is brain." With each passing minute more brain cells are irretrievably lost and, because of this, timely diagnosis and treatment is essential to increase the chances for recovery. While significant strides have been made to improve the response time of caregivers, a new study shows that a critical step in the process - imaging of the brain to determine the nature of the stroke - is still occurring too slowly at too many hospitals. A study out this month in the journal Stroke shows that only 41...
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