... alter stroke outcome over time. The aim of this paper is to describe time trends for treatment and outcome data, and to discuss if any such changes could be attributed to quality changes in stroke care. Methods: Data from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register, were analyzed for the time period...

...) presenting to our academic center from 1993 to 2008 were prospectively documented in a computerized stroke data bank. The time from symptoms onset to presentation at the emergency room and to acquisition of a brain CT was calculated. Time trends over this period as well as the factors affecting them were...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Acute ischemic stroke Geographic pattern Time trends Recurrent stroke National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Stroke-related mortality has declined in the USA over the past few decades [ 1...

... observers were then compared and all disagreements re-examined jointly, and appropriate corrections made. Inter-observer agreement for search results and data extraction was calculated by simple proportions and the kappa statistic. Table 1 Time trends in operative mortality and risk of stroke...