Further treatment for strokes rejected
TweetAccording to a Wall Street Journal article, doctors are pushing for more scans in stroke cases because certain types of stroke can become worse even after treatment. The first few hours after a stroke are the most crucial because the clot-dissolving drug given to stroke patients may increase bleeding in the brain for certain types of stroke. Doctors are pushing several more CT scans after arriving at the hospital to make sure no bleeding occurs.
Unfortunately last fall a group known as the National Quality Forum, rejected the call for a scan 45 minutes after a stroke wording that the rule to do so would raise too many questions. The cost for such scans is one of the main reasons the stroke treatment was rejected. The Obama administration is trying to cut healthcare costs and this procedure is considered costly and unnecessary.
On the other hand, stroke neurologists are angry by the decision to reject this procedure. They believe that the rejection threatens to compromise stroke care all over the country which can possibly result in more deaths among stroke patients.
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