Services We Provide
SERVICES WE PROVIDE
- Acute stroke treatment 24/7 with a multidisciplinary stroke response team (“BAT Team”)
- Comprehensive diagnostics, including multimodal CT and MRI scans, cerebral angiography, carotid and transcranial ultrasound, and transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
- Endovascular and neurosurgical specialists available 24/7
- Specialized intensive care unit facilities with physicians and nurses with expertise in intensive care of acute stroke
- Stroke Unit with multidisciplinary team of stroke specialty trained physicians and nurses, Physical/Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Nutritionists, Pharmacists, Social Workers and Case Managers
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation services for stroke – inpatient and outpatient
- Stroke outpatient clinics, private offices of stroke, and endovascular specialists for continuing care of our patients after discharge
- Coordination of care with specialists including cardiology, vascular surgery, and internal medicine
- Community events including stroke fairs with screenings and lectures
ACUTE STROKE CARE
Our “Brain Attack Team” (BAT) provides emergency consultations 24/7, seeing all acute stroke patients within 5 minutes of BAT pager activation. In FY 2022, 938 BAT calls were placed to the neurology department; historically, about 45-55% of these patients are found to have a stroke diagnosis, and a subset of those are candidates for emergency treatment to stop the stroke or limit the damage from stroke. Our ischemic stroke patients may present as a BAT candidate or may be admitted with a more subacute stroke; in FY 2022, 22.2% of all our ischemic stroke patients received IV tPA or catheter-based treatment. A total of 589 patients were admitted to UH with a diagnosis of stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic).
All data presented on this website is University Hospital’s independent analysis of data gathered using the Get With The Guidelines Patient Management Tool.TM It is not an analysis of the national Get With The Guidelines dataset and does not represent findings from the AHA Get With The Guidelines National Program.