Drip-and-ship toward mothership model for mechanical thrombectomy during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, our stroke network shifted from a drip-and-ship strategy (transport of acute ischemic stroke patients to the nearest primary stroke centers) toward a mothership model (direct transportation to the Comprehensive Stroke Center). We retrospectively analyzed stroke network performances comparing the two models.

Patients and methods

All spoke-district patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) between 15th March-15th June 2019 (drip-and-ship) and 2020 (mothership) were considered. We compared onset-to-groin time (OGT) and onset-to-needle time (ONT) between the two periods. Secondarily, we investigated other performances parameters (percentage of IV thrombolysis, timing of diagnostic and treatme

SUBMITTER: Paolucci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8802255 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature