Effect of Pre-Hospital Workflow Optimization on Treatment Delays and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review and meta-analysis found that PSWO significantly improves several time metrics related to stroke treatment leading to improvement in IVT reperfusion rates. Thus, the implementation of these measures in stroke networks is a promising avenue to improve an often-neglected aspect of the stroke response. However, the limited available data suggest functional outcomes and mortality are not significantly improved by PSWO, hence further studies and improvement strategies vis a vis PSWOs are warranted. PMID: 33387368 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research