Implementation of a Prehospital Stroke Triage System Using Symptom Severity and Teleconsultation in the Stockholm Stroke Triage Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

To our knowledge, it is unknown whether a prehospital stroke triage system combining symptom severity and teleconsultation could accurately select patients for primary stroke center bypass and hasten delivery of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) without delaying intravenous thrombolysis (IVT).

Objective

To evaluate the predictive performance of the newly implemented Stockholm Stroke Triage System (SSTS) for large-artery occlusion (LAO) stroke and EVT initiation. Secondary objectives included evaluating whether the Stockholm Stroke Triage System shortened onset-to-puncture time for EVT and onset-to-needle time (ONT) for IVT.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based prospective cohort study conducted from October 2017 to October 2018 across the S

SUBMITTER: Mazya MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136864 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature