On 2015 Feb 17, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary: "Inappropriately Promoted tPA "Drip and Ship" Safety"

“More community hospitals are giving a powerful clot-busting medication to stroke victims, improving their chances of survival and recovery, new research shows.”

This statement comes from coverage of the American Heart Association release regarding this synopsis of the Get-With-the-Guideline Registry. Part of this statement is true – more community hospitals are using tPA for acute ischemic stroke. In this review of 44,667 patients treated with tPA over the past decade, 23.5% received tPA outside of a specialized stroke or academic center.

The second half of this press statement is false.

Patients treated by the “drip and ship” method, as community administration of tPA is described, did not have an improved chance of survival. Patients treated at community hospitals were younger, had less-severe strokes, and had fewer prior strokes – yet their in-hospital mortality was 10.9%, compared with 9.7%....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2015/02/inappropriately-promoted-tpa-drip-and.html

On 2015 Feb 17, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary: "Inappropriately Promoted tPA "Drip and Ship" Safety"

“More community hospitals are giving a powerful clot-busting medication to stroke victims, improving their chances of survival and recovery, new research shows.”

This statement comes from coverage of the American Heart Association release regarding this synopsis of the Get-With-the-Guideline Registry. Part of this statement is true – more community hospitals are using tPA for acute ischemic stroke. In this review of 44,667 patients treated with tPA over the past decade, 23.5% received tPA outside of a specialized stroke or academic center.

The second half of this press statement is false.

Patients treated by the “drip and ship” method, as community administration of tPA is described, did not have an improved chance of survival. Patients treated at community hospitals were younger, had less-severe strokes, and had fewer prior strokes – yet their in-hospital mortality was 10.9%, compared with 9.7%....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2015/02/inappropriately-promoted-tpa-drip-and.html