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The effect and associated factors of dispatcher recognition of stroke: A retrospective observational study.
CONCLUSIONS: The dispatchers should spend more time identifying stroke patients by following the dispatch protocol. Recognition of stroke by dispatchers was associated with improved stroke care. PMID: 29158105 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - November 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hsieh MJ, Chien KL, Sun JT, Tang SC, Tsai LK, Chiang WC, Chien YC, Jeng JS, Huei-Ming Ma M, Taipei EMS Stroke Collaborative Group Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research

Effect of a provincial system of stroke care delivery on stroke care and outcomes.
Abstract BACKGROUND:Systems of stroke care delivery have been promoted as a means of improving the quality of stroke care, but little is known about their effectiveness. We assessed the effect of the Ontario Stroke System, a province-wide strategy of regionalized stroke care delivery, on stroke care and outcomes in Ontario, Canada. METHODS:We used population-based provincial administrative databases to identify all emergency department visits and hospital admissions for acute stroke and transient ischemic attack from Jan. 1, 2001, to Dec. 31, 2010. Using piecewise regression analyses, we assessed the effect of the...
Source: cmaj - May 27, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kapral MK, Fang J, Silver FL, Hall R, Stamplecoski M, O'Callaghan C, Tu JV Tags: CMAJ Source Type: research

The effect and associated factors of dispatcher recognition of stroke: A retrospective observational study
Conclusions The dispatchers should spend more time identifying stroke patients by following the dispatch protocol. Recognition of stroke by dispatchers was associated with improved stroke care.
Source: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - November 29, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Thrombolytic therapy given up to six hours after stroke reduces the proportion of dead or dependent people. Those treated within the first three hours derive substantially more benefit than with later treatment. This overall benefit was apparent despite an increase in symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage, deaths at seven to 10 days, and deaths at final follow-up (except for trials testing rt-PA, which had no effect on death at final follow-up). Further trials are needed to identify the latest time window, whether people with mild stroke benefit from thrombolysis, to find ways of reducing symptomatic intracrani...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Wardlaw JM, Murray V, Berge E, Del Zoppo GJ Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Code stroke: A mismatch between number of activation and number of thrombolysis.
CONCLUSION: The majority of code stroke patients were stroke patients; however, most of them could not be treated with thrombolytic therapy. These findings underscore the need for further support from the BNHI in order for health-care providers to implement the code stroke systems successfully. PMID: 24961186 [PubMed - in process]
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - June 28, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sung SF, Tseng MC Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research

Impact of code stroke on thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke at a secondary referral hospital in Taiwan
ConclusionCode stroke is effective in reducing in-hospital delays. The accuracy of code stroke activation has acceptable sensitivity but low specificity. Rapid patient assessment by neurologists increases the number of patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy.
Source: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association - September 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Type of anaesthesia for acute ischaemic stroke endovascular treatment
CONCLUSIONS: In early outcomes, general anaesthesia improves target artery revascularisation compared to non-general anaesthesia with moderate-certainty evidence. General anaesthesia may improve adverse events (haemodynamic instability) compared to non-general anaesthesia with low-certainty evidence. We found no evidence of a difference in neurological impairment, stroke-related mortality, all intracranial haemorrhage and haemodynamic instability adverse events between groups with low-certainty evidence. We are uncertain whether general anaesthesia improves functional outcomes and time to revascularisation because the cert...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - July 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Renato Tosello Rachel Riera Giuliano Tosello Caroline Nb Clezar Jorge E Amorim Vladimir Vasconcelos Benedito B Joao Ronald Lg Flumignan Source Type: research

Improved performance of new prenotification criteria for acute stroke patients.
CONCLUSION: The accuracy of the new prehospital stroke criteria has higher PPV and specificity compared to previous CPSS validation studies. PMID: 25886861 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - April 15, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hsieh MJ, Tang SC, Ko PC, Chiang WC, Tsai LK, Chang AM, Wang AY, Yeh SJ, Huang KY, Jeng JS, Ma MH Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research

Improved performance of new prenotification criteria for acute stroke patients
Conclusion The accuracy of the new prehospital stroke criteria has higher PPV and specificity compared to previous CPSS validation studies.
Source: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - May 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Thrombolysis for stroke in Ireland: increasing access and maintaining safety in a challenging environment
ConclusionStroke thrombolysis is being effectively and safely provided in acute stroke services in Ireland despite regular involvement of non-specialist staff. There is still potential to improve thrombolysis rate.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - July 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Understanding delays in acute stroke care: a systematic review of reviews
ConclusionThis review provides a wide overview of factors influencing acute stroke pathway. Since it was observed that the identified factors were interrelated, they needed to be analyzed in a systematic way. We hence created a synthetic framework that combines several categories of factors while assuming that factor weight varies from a study context to another. Better knowledge on underlying mechanisms between factors would provide crucial improvement of the interventions aiming at reducing delays in both pre-hospital and inhospital stages. For future research, we recommend adopting a systemic perspective on factors infl...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - April 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Ischemic stroke complicating thrombolytic therapy with tenecteplase for ST elevation myocardial infarction: two case reports
ConclusionsHemorrhagic stroke is not the only complication of thrombolysis, ischemic stroke can occur even if it is an extremely rare complication. The two cases on which we report shed light on the association between fibrinolytic therapy and ischemic stroke, the pathophysiology of which is not well understood.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - June 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Utilization of emergency medical service increases chance of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of EMS can not only help acute ischemic stroke patients in early presentation to ED, but also effectively facilitate thrombolytic therapy and shorten the onset-to-needle time. PMID: 24296308 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - November 29, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hsieh MJ, Tang SC, Chiang WC, Huang KY, Chang AM, Ko PC, Tsai LK, Jeng JS, Ma MH Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research

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