Stephan Munich: How Has Stroke Care Evolved in The US?
Stephan Munich, Associate Professor at Rush University Medical Center, shared on LinkedIn:
”How has stroke care evolved in the US?
An analysis of over 1 million stroke admissions helps to shed some light:
- The rate of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is increasing, though expanded MT eligibility trials have had little impact
- The rate of decompressive hemicraniectomy is decreasing
- Mechanical thrombectomy is being expanded to older and sicker patients
- Care is expanding with intervention more frequently being performed at small, medium, and rural hospitals
- Although urban, teaching hospitals are treating sicker patients with more comorbidities, mortality rate is decreased and rate of disposition to home is higher
Strong work and collaboration by the stroke team at Rush University Medical Center: Lucinda Chiu, Zain Ashary, Rima Dafer, James Conners, Ethan Ritz, Krishna Joshi, Nathan Pertsch, Elsa Olson”
Title: Mechanical thrombectomy and decompressive hemicraniectomy trends for acute ischemic stroke: A nationwide analysis
Authors: Lucinda T. Chiu, Ethan Ritz, Krishna Joshi, Nathan J. Pertsch, Elsa Olson, Zain Ashary, Rima Dafer, James Conners, Stephan A. Munich
Read the Full Article on Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
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