Communication-type smartphone application can contribute to reducing elapsed time to reperfusion therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Communication-type medical smartphone applications enable text, neuroimaging, photos, and videos to be shared securely among the stroke team. Our aim was to investigate whether use of a smartphone application would shorten the duration from admission to reperfusion therapy in patients with hyper-acute ischemic stroke.

Methods

Enrolled were acute ischemic stroke patients who underwent reperfusion therapy (intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT)) at our hospital between October 2012 and September 2018. We divided the patients into two groups based on the date of availability on smartphones of communication-type medical application: (1) Control group, conventional communication prior to September 2015, and (2

SUBMITTER: Sakai K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908941 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature