2019
Stroke Center Certification and Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium Region.
Wira CR, Melluzzo S, Beasley TM, Magdon-Ismail Z, Day D, Madsen TE, McCullough LD, Stein J, Schwamm LH, Gropen T. Stroke Center Certification and Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium Region. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2019, 92: 587-596. PMID: 31866774, PMCID: PMC6913814.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Is Risk-Standardized In-Hospital Stroke Mortality an Adequate Proxy for Risk-Standardized 30-Day Stroke Mortality Data?
Reeves M, Fonarow G, Xu H, Matsouaka R, Xian Y, Saver J, Schwamm L, Smith E. Is Risk-Standardized In-Hospital Stroke Mortality an Adequate Proxy for Risk-Standardized 30-Day Stroke Mortality Data? Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2017, 10: e003748. PMID: 29021333, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.003748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAgedAged, 80 and overBrain IschemiaDatabases, FactualFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospice CareHospital MortalityHospitalsHumansMaleMedicarePatient DischargePractice Guidelines as TopicQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsStrokeTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital mortalityOutlier hospitalsAcute ischemic stroke casesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesMortality dataGWTG-Stroke hospitalsHospital stroke mortalityIschemic stroke patientsProportion of hospitalsIschemic stroke casesRisk score modelStroke mortality dataChance-corrected agreementComposite outcomeStroke patientsMean ageStroke casesStroke mortalityMedicare filesHospital levelMortality rateLower mortalityHospitalMortality
2015
Trends in Endovascular Therapy and Clinical Outcomes Within the Nationwide Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry
Menon B, Saver J, Goyal M, Nogueira R, Prabhakaran S, Liang L, Xian Y, Hernandez A, Fonarow G, Schwamm L, Smith E. Trends in Endovascular Therapy and Clinical Outcomes Within the Nationwide Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry. Stroke 2015, 46: 989-995. PMID: 25681065, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.007542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic intracerebral hemorrhageEndovascular therapyClinical outcomesPatient characteristicsIntracerebral hemorrhageBaseline National InstitutesEndovascular therapy useGuidelines-Stroke hospitalsGuidelines-Stroke registryHealth Stroke ScaleAcute ischemic strokeProportion of hospitalsNew thrombectomy deviceHospital mortalityStroke ScaleIschemic strokeIndependent ambulationNumber of hospitalsTherapy useMultivariable analysisPatient outcomesThrombectomy devicesHospitalTherapyStudy period