St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center: Stroke Quality Measures

Stroke
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Around-the-clock brain imaging
Around-the-clock interpretation
Disease management program
Use of tPA
Neurologists
Physician board certification
Education programs
Inpatient mortality
Average Length of stay
Stroke center
Aspirin administration
Antithrombotic medication
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Stroke Quality Measures

Aspirin administration within 48 hours of admission for stroke

Patients who are admitted to a hospital for acute ischemic stroke should receive aspirin within 48 hours of admission, unless contraindications for receiving aspirin, including, but not limited to, allergy to aspirin or gastrointestinal bleeding, are present. Patients who meet the criteria should continue to receive aspirin on a daily basis (Circulation, 2006; 113:e409-e449).

Unless otherwise contraindicated, the protocol at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center includes the administration of aspirin to ischemic stroke patients within 48 hours of admission to the hospital.

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