2020
Language preference does not influence stroke patients' symptom recognition or emergency care time metrics
Zachrison K, Natsui S, Luan Erfe B, Mejia N, Schwamm L. Language preference does not influence stroke patients' symptom recognition or emergency care time metrics. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 40: 177-180. PMID: 33168382, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResearch Patient Data RegistrySymptom recognitionDTN timeHospital arrivalSymptom discoveryAIS patientsEMS utilizationGuidelines-Stroke registryPatients' language preferenceConsecutive AIS patientsPatient Data RegistryUse of EMSEmergency medical servicesLanguage preferenceAcute strokeNeedle timeSymptom onsetEP patientsData registryAcademic centersPatientsPrior reportsMedical servicesSignificant differencesRegistry
2016
Relationship Between Language Preference and Intravenous Thrombolysis Among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
Erfe B, Siddiqui K, Schwamm L, Mejia N. Relationship Between Language Preference and Intravenous Thrombolysis Among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003782. PMID: 27881425, PMCID: PMC5210419, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage preferencePatients' language preferenceAcute ischemic stroke patientsNon-English languageIschemic stroke patientsNIH Stroke ScaleAIS patientsDifferent languagesInitial NIH stroke scaleIntravenous thrombolysisPatient languageStroke ScaleStroke patientsLanguageStepwise logistic regression modelInitial stroke severityAmerican Heart AssociationEnglishLogistic regression modelsStroke severityMultivariable analysisPatient receiptHeart AssociationThrombolysisPatients