Report calls for urgent action on ageism in treating stroke patients

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Ageism in interventional stroke studies.

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Ageism in stroke rehabilitation studies.

BACKGROUND stroke is predominantly a disease of older people. While age bias has been demonstrated in studies of pharmacological therapeutic interventions in stroke, the extent of discrimination by age in stroke rehabilitation studies is unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature to assess the extent of ageism in stroke rehabilitation studies. METHODS all rando...

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Urgent therapy for acute stroke. Effects of a stroke trial on untreated patients.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE As part of the recruitment efforts for the National Institutes of Health Tissue Plasminogen Activator Pilot Study, public education and awareness campaigns were conducted to encourage early hospital arrival. We evaluated the change in arrival times during the course of the study for all stroke patients, including those who were not entered into study. METHODS Data were ...