Authors
Russell Cerejo, Seby John, Andrew B Buletko, Ather Taqui, Ahmed Itrat, Natalie Organek, Sung‐Min Cho, Lila Sheikhi, Ken Uchino, Farren Briggs, Andrew P Reimer, Stacey Winners, Gabor Toth, Peter Rasmussen, Muhammad S Hussain
Publication date
2015/11
Journal
Journal of Neuroimaging
Volume
25
Issue
6
Pages
940-945
Description
INTRODUCTION
Favorable outcomes in intraarterial therapy (IAT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are related to early vessel recanalization. The mobile stroke treatment unit (MSTU) is an on‐site, prehospital, treatment team, laboratory, and CT scanner that reduces time to treatment for intravenous thrombolysis and may also shorten time to IAT.
METHODS
Using our MSTU database, we identified patients that underwent IAT for AIS. We compared the key time metrics to historical controls, which included patients that underwent IAT at our institution six months prior to implementation of the MSTU. We further divided the controls into two groups: (1) transferred to our institution for IAT and (2) directly presented to our emergency room and underwent IAT.
RESULTS
After 164 days of service, the MSTU transported 155 patients of which 5 underwent IAT. We identified 5 historical controls that were transferred to our center …
Scholar articles
R Cerejo, S John, AB Buletko, A Taqui, A Itrat… - Journal of Neuroimaging, 2015