Impact of Prehospital Triage Scales to Detect Large Vessel Occlusion on Resource Utilization and Time to Treatment [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Implementation of prehospital triage based on stroke severity scales would have strong impact on patient flow and distribution. The benefit of earlier thrombectomy for patients with LVO may outweigh the harm associated with delayed access to thrombolysis for some patients without LVO. Randomized trials using clinical stroke severity scales as a triage tool are needed to confirm our findings.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Revascularization, Health Services, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research