Pre-hospital notification is associated with improved stroke thrombolysis timing.
Conclusion Pre-hospital notification is associated with earlier stroke physician review, CT imaging and delivery of thrombolysis. Referral to an out of hours thrombolysis service was not associated with additional delay.
PMID: 26517096 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Category: Journals (General) Tags: J R Coll Physicians Edinb Source Type: research
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