Table 1.

Frequency of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) administration.

Answers to the question “How many times have you prescribed/recommended IV-tPA for patients with acute ischemic stroke (in your postresidency practice)?”	Number of responses (%), total N = 136
I have never prescribed IV-tPA	29 (21.3)
I have prescribed IV-tPA in the past but it was more than 2 years ago	13 (9.6)
I have prescribed IV-tPA once in the past two years	13 (9.6)
I have prescribed IV-tPA 1–3 times in the past year	36 (26.5)
I have prescribed IV-tPA 4–6 times in the past year	15 (11.0)
I have prescribed IV-tPA 7–10 times in the past year	10 (7.4)
I have prescribed IV-tPA >10 times in the past year	20 (14.7)