Optimizing acute stroke treatment process: insights from sub-tasks durations in a prospective observational time and motion study.

ABSTRACT: Rapid treatment is critical in managing acute ischemic stroke (AIS) to improve patient outcomes. Various strategies have been used to optimize this treatment process, including the Acute Stroke Protocol (ASP) activation, and minimizing the duration of key performance metrices, such as door-to-needle time (DNT), CT-to-needle time (CTNT), CT-to-groin puncture time (CTGP), and door-to-groin puncture time (DGPT). However, identifying the delay-causing sub-tasks within the ASP could yield novel insights, facilitating optimization strategies for the AIS treatment process. This two-phase prospective observational time and motion study aimed to identify sub-tasks and compare their respective durations involved in the treatment process for AIS patients within ASPs. The study compared sub-task durat

SUBMITTER: Koca G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641836 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature