Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 319-327, September 2009

A Regional System of Stroke Care Provides Thrombolytic Outcomes Comparable With the NINDS Stroke Trial

  • Marian P. LaMonte, MD, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Marian P. LaMonte, MD, MSN, Division of Neurology, St. Agnes Hospital, 3421 Benson Avenue, Suite 240, Baltimore, MD 21227; 410-368-8444, fax 410-368-8432
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  • Mona N. Bahouth, MSN, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Nursing and the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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  • Laurence S. Magder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Richard L. Alcorta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD
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  • Robert R. Bass, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD
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  • Brian J. Browne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Douglas J. Floccare, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD
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  • Wade R. Gaasch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Emergency Medicine Network of the Maryland Brain Attack Center

Received 17 July 2007; received in revised form 4 January 2008 and 25 August 2008; accepted 23 September 2008. published online 22 December 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Robert Silbergleit, MD

 The article was copyedited by Linda J. Kesselring, MS, ELS, the technical editor/writer in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online December 19, 2008.

 Earn CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education is available for this article at: www.ACEP-EMedHome.com.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Dr. LaMonte is currently affiliated with the Division of Neurology, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01786-1

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 319-327, September 2009

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