RT Book, Section
A1 Go, Steven
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166598618
T1 Stroke Syndromes
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166598618
RD 2023/05/30
AB In  the  United  States,  795,000  people  experience  strokes  annually  (one  stroke  every  40  seconds  and  one  death  from  stroke  every  4  minutes).1  Of  these  events,  77%  are  primary  strokes,  whereas  23%  represent  recurrent  strokes.1  In  addition  to  the  human  costs,  the  financial  implications  of  stroke  are  enormous—strokes  accounted  for  an  estimated  $33.9  billion  of  total  expenditures  in  the  United  States  in  2012  to  2013.1  Despite  these  grim  statistics,  from  2004  to  2014,  the  age-adjusted  stroke  death  rate  fell  28.7%.1  With  the  growing  use  of  stroke  units,  thrombolysis,  mechanical  retrieval,  and  the  ever-expanding  treatment  time  window,  there  is  potential  for  improving  patient  outcomes.