TY - T1 - Is the weekend effect true in acute stroke patients at tertiary stroke center? SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334378 T3 - A1 - Räty, Silja; Martinez-Majander, Nicolas; Suomalainen, Olli; Sibolt, Gerli; Tiainen, Marjaana; Valkonen, Kati; Sairanen, Tiina; Forss, Nina; Curtze, Sami A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Background: There is contradicting evidence on the outcome of emergency patients treated during weekends versus weekdays. We studied if outcome of ischemic stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) differs according to the treatment time. Methods: Our retrospective study included consecutive patients receiving IVT within 4.5 h of stroke onset between June 1995 and December 2018 at the Helsinki University Hospital. The patients were compared based on the treatment initiation either... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Weekend effect; Thrombolysis; Ischaemic stroke; Circadian rhythm; Functional outcome; Mortality; ACUTE ISCHEMIC-STROKE; SEASONAL-VARIATION; CASE-FATALITY; THROMBOLYSIS; ADMISSION; CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES; QUALITY; WEEKDAY; 3112 Neurosciences; 3124 Neurology and psychiatry N1 - PP - ER -