Drip and ship versus direct to endovascular thrombectomy: The impact of treatment times on transport decision-making.

Jessalyn K HolodinskyAlka B PatelJohn ThorntonNoreen KamalLauren R JewettPeter J KellySean MurphyRonan CollinsThomas WalshSimon CroninSarah PowerPaul BrennanAlan O'hareDominick Jh McCabeBarry MoynihanSeamus LoobyGerald WyseJoan McCormackPaul MarsdenJoseph HarbisonMichael D HillDavid Williams

Published in: European stroke journal (2018)

Modelling patient transport for system-level planning is sensitive to treatment times at both thrombolysis and thrombectomy centres and has important implications for the future planning of thrombectomy services.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
decision making
healthcare
primary care
pulmonary embolism
mental health
replacement therapy