Rounding at Rush spotlights the work of physicians across the Rush University System for Health, comprised of two community hospitals and Rush University Medical Center, which is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s best hospitals. As a leading health system, Rush delivers outstanding patient care, offers the latest treatments, educates the next generation of health care providers, and pursues groundbreaking research. Accreditation Statement In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity is being presented without bias and with/without commercial support. Designation Statement Rush University Medical Center designates this internet enduring material activity for a maximum of One (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Disclosures The course director(s), planner(s), faculty and reviewer(s) of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
The RUSH System for Health excels in stroke prevention and care. RUSH University Medical Center is certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and RUSH has two certified Primary Stroke Centers in Oak Park and Aurora/Fox Valley. Given the time-sensitive nature of stroke care, RUSH seeks to expand current treatment windows and improve technologies used to treat emergency strokes as quickly and effectively as possible to minimize damage to our patients.
Michael Chen, MD, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at RUSH University Medical Center, discusses the ways RUSH is efficiently diagnosing stroke, how it is differentiating actual cases of large vessel occlusion stroke with false positives and how RUSH handles the benefits and challenges of using thrombectomy. Dr. Chen has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and also serves as a senior editor for the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. Dr. Chen currently serves as President-Elect for the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery.
“There’s strong evidence that highly effective therapies exist for stroke and they’re also very time sensitive. If you have a large vessel occlusion stroke, 75% of the time patients are not going to do well. Thrombectomy can reduce that chance of a horrible outcome by half. The question is not necessarily whether you can make the diagnosis and what you do, but what work you have done ahead of time to prepare for the event when that patient does come into your emergency room.”
CME credit link:
https://cmetracker.net/RUSH/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/EventID/483128
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