Improving Door-to-Needle Times
Ruff I, Ali S, Goldstein J, Lev M, Copen W, McIntyre J, Rost N, Schwamm L. Improving Door-to-Needle Times. Stroke 2014, 45: 504-508. PMID: 24399372, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.004073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overClinical ProtocolsComorbidityData Interpretation, StatisticalEarly DiagnosisEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsStrokeThrombolytic TherapyTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsIntravenous tissue-type plasminogen activatorEmergency department arrivalTissue-type plasminogen activatorAcute strokeDTN timeNeedle timeHealth Stroke Scale scorePlasminogen activatorAcute ischemic strokePercentage of patientsStroke Scale scoreAmerican Heart AssociationStroke care modelWilcoxon signed-rank testImproving DoorIschemic strokeStroke guidelinesHeart AssociationPostintervention periodSigned-rank testPre interventionCare modelNational guidelinesPost interventionPatients