Reducing in-hospital delay to 20 minutes in stroke thrombolysis 
In Helsinki, 31% of ischemic stroke patients receive IV thrombolytic therapy, with a treatment rate of one per day, and half initiated within 20 minutes of presentation. This paper describes detailed methods of reducing thrombolysis treatment delays, the main goal being to do as much as possible before patient arrival.
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Hematoma growth and outcomes in intracerebral hemorrhage: The INTERACT1 study
In 404 patients with both baseline and 24-hour brain CT, associations between measures of absolute and relative hematoma growth and 90-day poor outcomes of death and dependency were assessed in logistic regression models. Medical treatments, such …
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