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Professional Medical Interpreters Influence the Quality of Acute Ischemic Stroke Care for Patients Who Speak Languages Other than English by Luan Erfe, Betty M., Siddiqui, Khawja A., Schwamm, Lee H., Kirwan, Chris, Nunes, Anabela, Mejia, Nicte I.

“…Background The inability to communicate effectively in a common language can jeopardize clinicians’ efforts to provide quality patient care. Professional…”
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Frequent Hub-Spoke Contact Is Associated with Improved Spoke Hospital Performance: Results from the Massachusetts General Hospital Telestroke Network by Moreno, Arianna, Schwamm, Lee H, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Viswanathan, Anand, Whitney, Cynthia, Rost, Natalia, Zachrison, Kori Sauser

“…For acute ischemic stroke patients, shorter time to thrombolytic (tissue plasminogen activator [tPA]) is associated with improved outcomes. Telestroke…”
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Prestroke selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use and functional outcomes after ischaemic stroke by Etherton, Mark R, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Schwamm, Lee H

“…BackgroundSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been implicated in contributing to recovery after acute ischaemic stroke. In particular,…”
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Abstract WP174: Prestroke Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use and Functional Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke by Etherton, Mark, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Ayres, Alison, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been implicated in contributing to recovery after acute ischemic stroke. In…”
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Abstract TP70: Short-term Outcomes Among Patients With Delayed Arrival or Uncertain Onset Who are not Treated With Iv Tpa Compared to Those With Guideline-based Tpa Treatment by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Wu, Ona, Boulouis, Gregoire, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Intro: Unclear onset time with delayed arrival is a common reason for non-treatment with tPA. The MR-WITNESS trial is studying if arrival 4.5 h…”
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Abstract TP236: Early Dispensing of Tpa After Patient Arrival is Associated With Faster Door to Needle Time for Tpa Administration by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Anderson, Christopher D, Rost, Natalia, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Intro: Many strategies have been suggested to increase the propotion of patients with an IV tPA door to needle time (DTN) within 60 minutes of ED…”
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Abstract WP261: Non-English-preferring Patients Have No Differences in Stroke Symptom Recognition or Emergency Care Time Metrics by Natsui, Shaw, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Erfe, Betty L, Mejia, Nicte I, Schwamm, Lee H, Sauser Zachrison, Kori

“…Abstract only Introduction: The influence of patients’ language preference on the delivery of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) care in the pre-hospital and…”
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Abstract T P197: Early Improvement In NIHSS Is Common During Inter-hospital Transfer And Is Associated With Lower In-hospital Mortality by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Cohen, Abigail S, Ali, Syed F, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: A significant number of patients are transferred from outside referral hospitals (OSH) to larger tertiary care centers for…”
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Abstract WP336: Patient Characteristics and in Hospital Complications Associated With High Cost Ischemic Stroke Admissions by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Liu, Xiu, Lynch, Karen E, Mahmood, Sadiqa B, Zheng, Hui, Shahian, David M, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: Stroke poses a major public health burden. We sought to determine the clinical and demographic variables associated with high cost…”
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Abstract TP337: Variation in Total and Daily Relative Costs of Stroke Hospitalization by Departments by Mahmood, Sadiqa, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Liu, Xiu, Lynch, Karen E, Zheng, Hui, Shahian, David M, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Intro: Stroke is a major public health burden, but few data are available on the distribution of relative inpatient stroke costs. We determined…”
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Abstract 17: The Use of Thrombolysis among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Limited English Proficiency by Mejia, Nicte, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Erfe, Betty, Schwamm, Lee

“…Abstract only Background: Over 17.2% of the U.S. population primarily speaks a language other than English at home. Limited-English proficiency (LEP) may…”
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Abstract T P267: Admission Hemoglobin and Sodium Values are Important Factors Associated with Good Outcome After Acute Ischemic Stroke by Cohen, Abigail S, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Ali, Syed F, Anderson, Christopher D, Silverman, Scott B, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: Prognostic factors in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are useful in assessing therapeutic interventions. Our aim was to…”
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Abstract W MP33: Baseline Clinical and Infarct Characteristics as Predictors of Poor Outcomes in Patients Not Thrombolysed Due to Mild or Resolving Symptoms ("Too Good To Treat") by Ali, Syed F, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Cohen, Abigail S, Ay, Hakan, Singhal, Aneesh B, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: A common reason for non-treatment of time eligible patients with IV tPA is mild symptoms in patients that are “too good to treat…”
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Abstract WP38: Lower Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Signal Intensity After Acute Ischemic Stroke is Associated With Better Discharge Outcomes in Thrombolysed Patients by Wu, Ona, Siddiqui, Khawja A, Oliveira-Filho, Jamary, Boulouis, Gregroire, Bouts, Mark J, Vader, Priyadarshini, Kimberly, W. T, Copen, William A, Schaefer, Pamela W, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Background: Increases in FLAIR MRI signal intensity (SI) after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have been proposed as “tissue clocks”, reflecting the…”
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Abstract 20: Patient Characteristics and Outcomes among Early-Arriving Acute Stroke Patients for Whom Alteplase Was Dispensed but Not Administered by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Ali, Syed F, Anderson, Christopher D, Rost, Natalia, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: Best practice recommendations such as the AHA Target Stroke campaign suggest that IV tPA be dispensed as early as possible prior to…”
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Abstract 201: Increased Frequency of Early Dispensed but Unused Tpa Shortens Door to Needle Times in Potentially Eligible Thrombolysis Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Stroke Center by Siddiqui, Khawja A, Ali, Syed F, Anderson, Christopher D, Rost, Natalia, Schwamm, Lee H

“…Abstract only Introduction: Door to needle time (DTN) is an important factor in determining patient outcomes after tPA, and varies widely across hospitals. We…”
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