Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prehospital Stage of Acute Stroke in Korea II : Transport Decisions for Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: The mothership (MS) model, where patients are directly transferred to a thrombectomy-capable center, and the drip-and-ship (DS) model, where thrombolysis is initiated at the nearest primary stroke center before transfer for thrombectomy, are the primary transport modes for patients with stroke. We aimed to establish guidelines for selecting the appropriate transfer strategy based on emergent large vessel occlusion (LVO). We developed this guideline based on evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses via a de novo process. A systematic literature review was conducted across four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane, and KoreaMed) to answer three Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome questions comparing MS and DS models. The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-O

SUBMITTER: Oh JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790912 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature