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STUDY

The safety of hospital stroke care.

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, Skelton WK. Neurology. 2007;68:550-555.

COMMENTARY

"Just like EKGs!" Should EEGs undergo a confirmatory interpretation by a clinical neurophysiologist?

Benbadis SR. Neurology. 2013;80(suppl 1):S47-S51.

STUDY

The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries.

Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:405-411.

CLINICAL GUIDELINE classic

Medication errors in acute cardiovascular and stroke patients. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Michaels AD, Spinler SA, Leeper B, et al; American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Stroke Council. Circulation. 2010;121:1664-1682.

STUDY

Is there a "July phenomenon" in pediatric neurosurgery at teaching hospitals?

Smith ER, Butler WE, Barker FG 2nd. J Neurosurg. 2006;105(suppl 3):169-176.

STUDY

Residents' perceptions of professionalism in training and practice: barriers, promoters, and duty hour requirements.

Ratanawongsa N, Bolen S, Howell EE, Kern DE, Sisson SD, Larriviere D. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:758-763.

STUDY

Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality.

McKinney JS, Deng Y, Kasner SE, Kostis JB; Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 15) Study Group. Stroke. 2011;42:2403-2409.

STUDY

Bedside detection of awareness in the vegetative state: a cohort study.

Cruse D, Chennu S, Chatelle C, et al. Lancet. 2012;378:2088-2094.