Pre-hospital notification is associated with improved stroke thrombolysis timing
Pre-hospital notification is associated with improved stroke thrombolysis timing
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DOI:
10.4997/jrcpe.2015.303
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Reid, J. M.
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作者:
Khor, M. X.;Bown, A.;Reid, J. M.
Intravenous thrombolysis increases disability-free survival after acute ischaemic stroke in a time-dependent fashion. We aimed to determine whether pre-hospital notification, introduction of a CT scanner near to assessment site and introduction of out-of-hours thrombolysis services affect thrombolysis timing.Methods Timings related to thrombolysis were collected between May 2012 and June 2014 at a single hospital site; these included time to stroke physician assessment, time to cranial CT imaging and door to needle time. All thrombolysed ischaemic stroke patients admitted via the emergency department were included. Ambulance services were asked to pre-notify the emergency department of any suspected stroke patient during this period.Results We studied 182 patients (48% female; mean age 74 years; 59% prenotified). Pre-hospital notification was associated with a significantly higher rate of CT scanning within 25 minutes (60% vs 24%, odds ratio [OR] 4.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.4-9.0; p