A Parallel Thrombolysis Protocol with Nurse Practitioners As Coordinators Minimized Door-to-Needle Time for Acute Ischemic Stroke

نویسندگان

  • Sheng-Feng Sung
  • Ying-Chieh Huang
  • Cheung-Ter Ong
  • Yu-Wei Chen
چکیده

Introduction. Quick thrombolysis after stroke improved clinical outcomes. The study objective was to shorten door-to-needle time for thrombolysis. Methods. After identifying the sources of in-hospital delays, we developed a protocol with a parallel algorithm and recruited nurse practitioners into the acute stroke team. We applied the new protocol on stroke patients from October 2009 to September 2010. Patients from the previous two years were used for comparison. Results. For ischemic stroke patients within 3 hours of onset, the median time from arrival to computed tomography scanning was reduced from 29 to 20 minutes (P < 0.001) and the median time from arrival to neurology evaluation decreased from 61 to 43 minutes (P < 0.001). For those patients who received thrombolysis, the median door-to-needle time was shortened from 68.5 to 58 minutes (P < 0.05). Conclusions. The parallel thrombolysis protocol successfully improved the median door-to-needle time to below the guideline-recommended 60 minutes.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Symptom-to-needle Times in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Its Prehospital Related Factors

Background: Intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue Plasminogen Activator (rtPA) (IV-rtPA) is the only FDA-approved pharmacological therapy for treatment in acute ischemic stroke and the administration of IV-rtPA is crucially time-dependent. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate symptom-to-needle time and factors associated with the prehospital delay in patients with acute ischemic stroke refer...

متن کامل

Routine CT angiography in acute stroke does not delay thrombolytic therapy.

INTRODUCTION Lack of additional utility over non-contract computed tomography (NCCT) in decision making and delay in door to needle time are arguments used against routine computed tomographic angiography (CTA) use in acute ischemic stroke management. We compare interval times during a CTA based acute ischemic stroke protocol with an earlier non-CTA based protocol at our center. METHODS We re...

متن کامل

Stroke Code Improves Intravenous Thrombolysis Administration in Acute Ischemic Stroke

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Timely intravenous (IV) thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke is associated with better clinical outcomes. Acute stroke care implemented with "Stroke Code" (SC) may increase IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of SC on thrombolysis. METHODS The study period was divided into the "pre-SC era" (January 20...

متن کامل

Improving door to needle times with nurse initiated thrombolysis.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of nurse initiated thrombolysis on door to needle time (the interval between arriving at the hospital and starting thrombolytic treatment) in patients with acute myocardial infarction. DESIGN Comparison of door to needle times before and after the employment of nurses trained and approved to initiate thrombolysis without prescription by a doctor but with a pro...

متن کامل

Achieving a door-to-needle time of 25 minutes in thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: a quality improvement project.

BACKGROUND Providing intravenous thrombolysis with short door-to-needle time is the result of a complex process that requires specific work standards. To expedite care for acute ischemic stroke patients, close collaboration between all participating health care professionals is required. The aim of this project was to reduce in-hospital treatment delay for acute ischemic stroke patients through...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 2011  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011