Three easily-implementable changes reduce median door-to-needle time for intravenous thrombolysis by 23 minutes

Three easily-implementable changes reduce median door-to-needle time for intravenous thrombolysis by 23 minutes

Abstract Background The benefit of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for acute ischemic stroke is time dependent. Despite great effort, the median door-to-needle time (DNT) was 60 min at the United States stroke centers. We investigated the effect of a simple quality improvement initiative on DNT for I...

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Main Authors: Demi Tran, Zhu Zhu, Mohammad Shafie, Hermelinda Abcede, Dana Stradling, Wengui Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Acute ischemic stroke
Intravenous thrombolysis
Door-to-needle time
Quality improvement
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1527-8

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