Stroke Patients Who Reach Hospitals Within 'Golden Hour' Twice As Likely To Get Clot-busting Drug
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 13:14
in Health & Medicine
Stroke patients who reach the hospital within one hour of symptoms receive a clot-busting drug twice as often as those arriving later. Researchers call the first hour of symptom onset "the golden hour." The study reinforces the importance of reacting quickly to stroke symptoms because "time lost is brain lost."