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Croatian experience on RES-Q registry for monitoring the quality of stroke care - from 2018 to 2020

Background and Aims Stroke registry is a tool for improving stroke care and achieving goals pointed in the Stroke Action Plan for Europe. The Registry of Stroke Care Quality (RES-Q) was launched by ESO-EAST (Enhancing and Accelerating Stroke Treatment) in November 2016 to provide a tool for monitoring the quality of stroke care in hospitals throughout Europe. The aim was to compare results captured from the RES-Q registry in Croatia during 2018 and the first quarter of 2019 and 2020 year. Methods Data on demographics, stroke care pathway, specific acute treatment issues, stroke prevention issues in all acute stroke admissions in Croatia during 2018 and first quarter of 2019 and 2020 through RES-Q registry were analyzed. Results Acute hospitals which provide stroke treatment recruited 579 patients during the 2018 year and 750 patients and 677 patients during the first quarter of 2019 and 2020 respectively. Figure 1. shows the map of Croatia with all centers (green – all three periods, yellow – two periods, orange – one period, red and blue–no data). Table 1. shows the number of patients recruited by site and time period. Table 2. shows patients’ main baseline characteristics and outcome measures. Conclusions Our results showed still low rates of recanalization therapies across Croatia, with a decrease of the door- to-groin time. Secondary stroke prevention might be improved by increasing the usage of statins and performing smoking cessation programs. All stroke centers should be involved in stroke registry to achieve more accurate data which would guide us to improve stroke care in Croatia.

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