Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Interhospital Transfer to a Designated Stroke Center.

Unlabelled: Patients with acute ischemic stroke have improved outcomes when cared for in designated stroke centers (SC), in part due to enhanced thrombolytic use. Whether patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) also benefit from SC care is unknown. In this study, we compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of ICH patients who underwent interhospital transfer (IHT) to a Joint Commission (JC) designated SC, to ICH patients who presented directly to the SC's emergency department (ED).

Clinical features cannot distinguish allergic from non-allergic asthma in children.

Objective: Environmental allergens are a major trigger of asthma, but not all asthmatics are allergic. This study was designed to review clinical characteristics in children with allergic and non-allergic asthma, based on responsiveness to allergy skin tests, in order to identify a combination of features that could distinguish allergic from non-allergic asthma in children.

Methods: Medical records of 321 children who had allergy skin testing were reviewed, and demographic and clinical data were compared between allergic and non-allergic patients.