Code Stroke Alert: Focus on Emergency Department Time Targets and Impact on Door-to-Needle Time across Day and Night Shifts.
Florina Nicoleta BuleuDaian Ionel PopaCarmen WilliamsAnca TudorDumitru ŞutoiCosmin Iosif TrebuianCovasala Constantin IoanAida IancuGabriel CozmaAna-Maria MarinAna-Maria PahIon PetreOvidiu Alexandru MederlePublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2024)
This study identified higher door-to-CT and door-to-emergency medicine physician times associated with an increased DTN, highlighting further opportunities to improve acute stroke care in the emergency department. Further, door-to-CT and door-to-CT results showed statistically significant increases during the night shift.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- emergency medicine
- healthcare
- positron emission tomography
- primary care
- atrial fibrillation
- palliative care
- magnetic resonance imaging
- sleep quality
- magnetic resonance
- ultrasound guided
- depressive symptoms
- chronic pain
- pain management
- pet ct
- electronic health record