Determinants of door-in-door-out time in patients with ischaemic stroke transferred for endovascular thrombectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long door-in-door-out (DIDO) times are an important cause of treatment delay in patients transferred for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) from primary stroke centres (PSC) to an intervention centre. Insight in causes of prolonged DIDO times may facilitate process improvement interventions. We aimed to quantify different components of DIDO time and to identify determinants of DIDO time.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study in a Dutch ambulance region consisting of six PSCs and one intervention centre. We included consecutive adult patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion, transferred from a PSC for EVT between October 1, 2019 and November 31, 2020. We subdivided DIDO into several time components and quantified contribution of these comp

SUBMITTER: van de Wijdeven RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature