Higher prehospital blood pressure prolongs door to needle thrombolysis times: a target for quality improvement?

Per the American Heart Association guidelines, blood pressure (BP) should be less than 185/110 to be eligible for stroke thrombolysis. No studies have focused on prehospital BP and its impact on door to needle (DTN) times. We hypothesized that DTN times would be longer for patients with higher prehospital BP.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research