Ather Taqui1, Russell Cerejo1, Ahmed Itrat1, Farren B S Briggs1, Andrew P Reimer1, Stacey Winners1, Natalie Organek1, Andrew B Buletko1, Lila Sheikhi1, Sung-Min Cho1, Maureen Buttrick1, Megan M Donohue1, Zeshaun Khawaja1, Dolora Wisco1, Jennifer A Frontera1, Andrew N Russman1, Fredric M Hustey1, Damon M Kralovic1, Peter Rasmussen1, Ken Uchino1, Muhammad S Hussain2. 1. From the Cerebrovascular Center (A.T., R.C., A.I., S.W., M.B., M.M.D., Z.K., D.W., J.A.F., A.N.R., P.R., K.U., M.S.H.), Department of Neurology (N.O., A.B.B., L.S., S.-M.C.), and Critical Care Transport Team (A.P.R., F.M.H., D.M.K.), Cleveland Clinic, OH; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine (F.B.S.B.), and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (A.P.R.), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2. From the Cerebrovascular Center (A.T., R.C., A.I., S.W., M.B., M.M.D., Z.K., D.W., J.A.F., A.N.R., P.R., K.U., M.S.H.), Department of Neurology (N.O., A.B.B., L.S., S.-M.C.), and Critical Care Transport Team (A.P.R., F.M.H., D.M.K.), Cleveland Clinic, OH; and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine (F.B.S.B.), and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (A.P.R.), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. hussais4@ccf.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the times to evaluation and thrombolytic treatment of patients treated with a telemedicine-enabled mobile stroke treatment unit (MSTU) vs those among patients brought to the emergency department (ED) via a traditional ambulance. METHODS: We implemented a MSTU with telemedicine at our institution starting July 18, 2014. A vascular neurologist evaluated each patient via telemedicine and a neuroradiologist and vascular neurologist remotely assessed images obtained by the MSTU CT. Data were entered in a prospective registry. The evaluation and treatment of the first 100 MSTU patients (July 18, 2014-November 1, 2014) was compared to a control group of 53 patients brought to the ED via a traditional ambulance in 2014. Times were expressed as medians with their interquartile ranges. RESULTS: Patient and stroke severity characteristics were similar between 100 MSTU and 53 ED control patients (initial NIH Stroke Scale score 6 vs 7, p = 0.679). There was a significant reduction of median alarm-to-CT scan completion times (33 minutes MSTU vs 56 minutes controls, p < 0.0001), median alarm-to-thrombolysis times (55.5 minutes MSTU vs 94 minutes controls, p < 0.0001), median door-to-thrombolysis times (31.5 minutes MSTU vs 58 minutes controls, p = 0.0012), and symptom-onset-to-thrombolysis times (97 minutes MSTU vs 122.5 minutes controls, p = 0.0485). Sixteen patients evaluated on MSTU received thrombolysis, 25% of whom received it within 60 minutes of symptom onset. CONCLUSION: Compared with the traditional ambulance model, telemedicine-enabled ambulance-based thrombolysis resulted in significantly decreased time to imaging and treatment.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the times to evaluation and thrombolytic treatment of patients treated with a telemedicine-enabled mobile stroke treatment unit (MSTU) vs those among patients brought to the emergency department (ED) via a traditional ambulance. METHODS: We implemented a MSTU with telemedicine at our institution starting July 18, 2014. A vascular neurologist evaluated each patient via telemedicine and a neuroradiologist and vascular neurologist remotely assessed images obtained by the MSTU CT. Data were entered in a prospective registry. The evaluation and treatment of the first 100 MSTU patients (July 18, 2014-November 1, 2014) was compared to a control group of 53 patients brought to the ED via a traditional ambulance in 2014. Times were expressed as medians with their interquartile ranges. RESULTS:Patient and stroke severity characteristics were similar between 100 MSTU and 53 ED control patients (initial NIH Stroke Scale score 6 vs 7, p = 0.679). There was a significant reduction of median alarm-to-CT scan completion times (33 minutes MSTU vs 56 minutes controls, p < 0.0001), median alarm-to-thrombolysis times (55.5 minutes MSTU vs 94 minutes controls, p < 0.0001), median door-to-thrombolysis times (31.5 minutes MSTU vs 58 minutes controls, p = 0.0012), and symptom-onset-to-thrombolysis times (97 minutes MSTU vs 122.5 minutes controls, p = 0.0485). Sixteen patients evaluated on MSTU received thrombolysis, 25% of whom received it within 60 minutes of symptom onset. CONCLUSION: Compared with the traditional ambulance model, telemedicine-enabled ambulance-based thrombolysis resulted in significantly decreased time to imaging and treatment.
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