Weekend strokes may receive more aggressive treatment
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on the weekend appear more likely to receive the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator than patients admitted during the week, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, stroke death rates appear similar among weekend and weekday admissions...