Quality Assessment in Acute Stroke Care (QuASt)

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Ischemic Stroke

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00574262

ClinPathStroke

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the quality of care on a 16 bed stroke unit by using a new developed clinical pathway.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• admission to the stroke unit of the university hospital in Muenster, Germany
• acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack

Exclusion criteria

• intracerebral haemorrhage
• neurological symptoms due to other pathology than acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack
• intraarterial thrombolysis
• necessity of artificial ventilation