2015
Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry
Mochari-Greenberger H, Xian Y, Hellkamp A, Schulte P, Bhatt D, Fonarow G, Saver J, Reeves M, Schwamm L, Smith E. Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e002099. PMID: 26268882, PMCID: PMC4599467, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAsianBlack or African AmericanChi-Square DistributionEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHispanic or LatinoHospitalizationHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPatient Acceptance of Health CareRegistriesSex FactorsStrokeTransportation of PatientsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsEmergency medical servicesStroke patientsStroke symptomsEMS useRace/ethnicityHospitalized acute stroke patientsEmergency medical services transportWhite womenGuidelines-Stroke registryAcute stroke patientsMultivariable logistic regressionLevel of consciousnessSex differencesGuidelines-StrokeNational GetIschemic strokeStroke outcomePatient characteristicsPotential confoundersMedical historyEMS transportSex disparitiesPatientsHispanic menLogistic regression
2009
Influence of stroke subtype on quality of care in the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Program
Smith E, Liang L, Hernandez A, Reeves M, Cannon C, Fonarow G, Schwamm L. Influence of stroke subtype on quality of care in the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Program. Neurology 2009, 73: 709-716. PMID: 19720978, PMCID: PMC2734292, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181b59a6e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCerebral HemorrhageEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospitalsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality of Health CareRisk Reduction BehaviorSmoking CessationStrokeSubarachnoid HemorrhageUnited StatesVenous ThrombosisConceptsQuality of careIS/TIAIntracerebral hemorrhageIschemic strokeStroke subtypesTIA admissionsHemorrhagic strokeCare measuresDeep venous thrombosis preventionHospital-based acute careGuidelines-Stroke databaseGuidelines-Stroke programGWTG-Stroke programVenous thrombosis preventionSmoking cessation therapyMeasures of careLogistic regression modelsDVT preventionIneligible patientsNational GetDysphagia screeningCessation therapySAH patientsAcute careICH patients