绝大多数脑卒中患者错过了最佳治疗时间

 
只有少数脑卒中发作的患者在3小时之内到达医院，而这段时间对接受重组组织纤维蛋白溶酶原激活剂(tPA)治疗而言是至关重要的，该药物能够溶解血栓并降低永久性致残的可能。

在1项涉及密歇根15家医院的研究中，研究人员研究了6个月内入院治疗的每1例脑卒中患者。在2,097例脑卒中患者出现血凝块，只有43例患者，或者是2%的患者，接受了溶栓药物。在那些没有接受治疗的患者中，41%患者到达医院的时候，距离最初症状出现的时间已经超过了3小时。另外38%的患者，何时出现症状则无从得知。这项研究发表在2006年2月的《神经病学》期刊之上。

Stroke Deadline Missed by Many
 
Only a small fraction of people who are undergoing a stroke arrive at a hospital within the necessary three hours needed to receive recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which can dissolve the clot and reduce the chance of permanent disability.

In a study involving 15 hospitals in Michigan, researchers identified everyone who was admitted to the hospital with a stroke over a six-month period. Of the 2,097 people who had strokes involving blood clots, only 43 people, or 2%, received the clot-busting drug. Of those who did not receive treatment, 41% arrived at the hospital more than three hours after the first symptom started. For another 38%, there was no information available about when the symptoms started. The study was published in the February 14, 2006, issue of Neurology.