Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0021

Prepared by:

University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center at The University of Ottawa, Canada

Mukul Sharma, MD, FRCPC

Heather Clark, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Tanya Armour, PhD

Grant Stotts, MD, FRCPC

Robert Coté, MD, FRCPC

Michael D. Hill, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Andrew M. Demchuck, MD, FRCPC

David Moher, PhD

Chantelle Garritty, BA, DCS

Fatemeh Yazdi, MSc

Kelly Lumely-Leger, MSc

Maureen Murdock, MSc

Margaret Sampson, MLIS

Nick Barrowman, PhD

Gabriela Lewin, MD

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E023-2

July 2005

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Suggested Citation:

Sharma M, Clark H, Armour T, Stotts G, Coté R, Hill MD, Demchuck AM, Moher D, Garritty C, Yazdi F, Lumely-Leger K, Murdock M, Sampson M, Barrowman N, Lewin G. Acute Stroke: Evaluation and Treatment. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 127 (Prepared by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0021). AHRQ Publication No. 05-E023-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2005.

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