Door to thrombolysis: ER reorganization and reduced delays to acute stroke treatment

The authors reorganized the emergency room (ER) by moving CT to the ER and streamlining triage by prenotification by emergency medical services (EMS), which reduced in-hospital delays and enhanced access to stroke thrombolysis. CT delay dropped from 1 hour 3 minutes +/- 14 minutes in 1999 to 7 +/- 2...

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Published inNeurology Vol. 67; no. 2; p. 334
Main Authors Lindsberg, P J, Häppölä, O, Kallela, M, Valanne, L, Kuisma, M, Kaste, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 25.07.2006
Subjects
Acute Disease
Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
Finland - epidemiology
Hospital Restructuring - organization & administration
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Stroke - therapy
Thrombolytic Therapy - utilization
Time Management - organization & administration
Triage - organization & administration
Finland
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Summary:The authors reorganized the emergency room (ER) by moving CT to the ER and streamlining triage by prenotification by emergency medical services (EMS), which reduced in-hospital delays and enhanced access to stroke thrombolysis. CT delay dropped from 1 hour 3 minutes +/- 14 minutes in 1999 to 7 +/- 2 minutes in 2004 (p < 0.0001). Door-to-needle time dropped from 1 hour 28 minutes +/- 7 minutes to 50 +/- 3 minutes (p < 0.001), while symptom-to-needle time dropped from 2 hours 44 minutes +/- 6 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes +/- 4 minutes (p < 0.0001). From 23 patients in 1999, thrombolysis access was increased to 100 patients in 2004 and 183 patients in 2005.
ISSN:1526-632X
DOI:10.1212/01.wnl.0000224759.44743.7d