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We present the concept of emergency brain resuscitation as one method of galvanizing and motivating health professionals to take a more proactive and aggressive approach to treating the patient with acute stroke. Laboratory and clinical data support the potential efficacy of emergency brain resuscitation teams,which will use standard and experimental techniques to treat patients with stroke.A cost-benefit analysis suggests that emergency brain resuscitation may lower the costs associated with stroke by reducing length of hospital stay,disability,and lost wages.The formation of pilot programs is a logical first step toward evaluating and refining this concept. |
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