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Prehospital Delay After Acute Stroke

The time from the onset of symptoms to the arrival into hospital (favorably stroke unit) is of key importance for the application of contemporary stroke treatment. Although some of the latest research shows a tendency to widen the fateful “time window” to four and a half, six, and even eight hours, commonly accepted viewpoint still is that thrombolytic therapy should start within three hours from the onset of symptoms. Like many other investigators, we in Eastern Croatia faced the problem that only a minor part of patients manages to arrive in time for optimal treatment. This is why in the past five years we have started preventive campaigns in order to inform the population of Osijek-Baranya County about the symptoms of stroke and about contemporary therapeutic possibilities for this disease, especially thrombolysis. After all above mentioned educational activities this study was conducted in order to identify the present situation concerning average time and reasons for delay from symptoms onset to the arrival of patients to University Hospital Osijek.

Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy; Time of Delay

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