Reducing intravenous thrombolysis delay in acute ischemic stroke through a quality improvement program in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a quality improvement program for reducing intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) delay in acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

Materials and methods

We implement a quality improvement program consisting of 10 interventions for reducing IVT delay, including the establishment of an acute stroke team, standardized management of stroke teams, popularization of stroke and its treatment, emergency bypass route (BER), the achievement of computed tomography (CT) priority, no-delay CT interpretation, intravenous thrombolysis on the CT table, payment after treatment, whole recording, and incentive policy. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical time and outcome data of AIS patients treated with IVT in pre-intervention (108 patients) and

SUBMITTER: Yuan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9548581 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature