The safety of hospital stroke care.

Robert G. Holloway; Deborah Tuttle; Tracy Baird; Keith Skelton

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The safety of hospital stroke care.

March 7, 2007

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, et al. Neurology. 2007;68(8):550-555.

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The researchers studied adverse events in stroke patients at one academic medical center and found that errors occurred frequently and were often preventable.

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