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Stroke unit care for ischemic stroke in China: results of a nation-based study

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Acknowledgements

We express our gratitude to all the China Stroke Data Center Platform hospitals (www.sinosc.org), which made this work possible. We thank Nancy Schatken BS, MT (ASCP), from Liwen Bianji, Edanz Group China (www.liwenbianji.cn/ac), for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.

Funding

This study was supported by grants from the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China; Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (19JCYBJC26600) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2019M660921). The funding organizations had no role in the design and concept of the study; the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

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  1. Wen-Jun Tu, Bao-Hua Chao and Feng Yan have contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

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  1. The General Office of Stroke Prevention Project Committee, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, No. 118, Guang’anmen Inner Street, Beijing, 100053, People’s Republic of China

    Wen-Jun Tu, Bao-Hua Chao, Lei Cao & Long-De Wang

  2. Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, No. 238, Baiti Road, Tianjin, 300192, People’s Republic of China

    Wen-Jun Tu

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Yan

  4. School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Long-De Wang

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TW and WL had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. TW, CB, YF, CL, WL contributed to the study concept and design. TW, CB, YF, CL contributed to the acquisition of the data. TW, CB, YF, WL carried out the analysis and interpretation of the data. TW, CB, YF contributed to the drafting of the manuscript. CL, WL are responsible for the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. TW, CB, YF, CL, WL provided administrative, technical, or material support. TW, WL obtained the funding. WL supervised.

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The ethics committee of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University approved the study protocol according to the Declaration of Helsinki (No. 2015-24). Written informed consent was obtained from patients before enrolment.

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Tu, WJ., Chao, BH., Yan, F. et al. Stroke unit care for ischemic stroke in China: results of a nation-based study. Intensive Care Med 46, 1489–1491 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06046-x

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