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    Jeon, Sang-Beom; Ryoo, Seung Mok; Lee, Deok Hee; Kwon, Sun U; Jang, Seongsoo; Lee, Eun-Jae; Lee, Sang Hun; Han, Jung Hee; Yoon, Mi Jeong; Jeong, Soo; Cho, Young-Uk; Jo, Sungyang; Lim, Seung-Bok; Kim, Joong-Goo; Lee, Han-Bin; Jung, Seung Chai; Park, Kye Won; Lee, Min-Hwan; Kang, Dong-Wha; Suh, Dae Chul; Kim, Jong S

    Journal of stroke, 05/2017, Letnik: 19, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    Decreasing the time delay for thrombolysis, including intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with tissue plasminogen activator and intra-arterial thrombectomy (IAT), is critical for decreasing the morbidity and mortality of patients experiencing acute stroke. We aimed to decrease the in-hospital delay for both IVT and IAT through a multidisciplinary approach that is feasible 24 h/day. We implemented the Stroke Alert Team (SAT) on May 2, 2016, which introduced hospital-initiated ambulance prenotification and reorganized in-hospital processes. We compared the patient characteristics, time for each step of the evaluation and thrombolysis, thrombolysis rate, and post-thrombolysis intracranial hemorrhage from January 2014 to August 2016. A total of 245 patients received thrombolysis (198 before SAT; 47 after SAT). The median door-to-CT, door-to-MRI, and door-to-laboratory times decreased to 13 min, 37.5 min, and 8 min, respectively, after SAT implementation ( <0.001). The median door-to-IVT time decreased from 46 min (interquartile range IQR 36-57 min) to 20.5 min (IQR 15.8-32.5 min; <0.001). The median door-to-IAT time decreased from 156 min (IQR 124.5-212.5 min) to 86.5 min (IQR 67.5-102.3 min; <0.001). The thrombolysis rate increased from 9.8% (198/2,012) to 15.8% (47/297; =0.002), and the post-thrombolysis radiological intracranial hemorrhage rate decreased from 12.6% (25/198) to 2.1% (1/47; =0.035). SAT significantly decreased the in-hospital delay for thrombolysis, increased thrombolysis rate, and decreased post-thrombolysis intracranial hemorrhage. Time benefits of SAT were observed for both IVT and IAT and during office hours and after-hours.