Journal of vascular and interventional neurology
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J Vasc Interv Neurol · Jul 2008
Mode of arrival to the emergency department of stroke patients in the United States.
The modality of transport to the emergency department has implications for triage, evaluation, and treatment of patients with stroke. We performed this study to determine the national trends in modes of arrival in patients with stroke and its association with emergency department evaluation in a nationally representative sample of United States. ⋯ Although arrival by ambulance was associated with a higher level of care, a prominent proportion of patients with suspected stroke are not arriving by ambulance to the ED.