Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort

Objective: The aim of the study was to model the effect of prehospital triage of emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) to endovascular capable center (ECC) on the timing of thrombectomy and intravenous (IV) thrombolysis using real-world data from a multihospital system. Methods: We selected a cohor...

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Autores principales: Stavros Matsoukas, Brian Giovanni, Liorah Rubinstein, Shahram Majidi, Laura K. Stein, Johanna T. Fifi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5ebb781887d94dd5be7e0acef68690352021-12-02T12:40:23ZModeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort1664-545610.1159/000520078https://doaj.org/article/5ebb781887d94dd5be7e0acef68690352021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/520078https://doaj.org/toc/1664-5456Objective: The aim of the study was to model the effect of prehospital triage of emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) to endovascular capable center (ECC) on the timing of thrombectomy and intravenous (IV) thrombolysis using real-world data from a multihospital system. Methods: We selected a cohort of 77 consecutive stroke patients who were brought by emergency medical services (EMS) to a nonendovascular capable center and then transferred to an ECC for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) (“actual” drip and ship [DS] cohort). We created a hypothetical scenario (bypass model [BM]), modeling transfer of the patients directly to an ECC, based on patients’ initial EMS pickup address and closest ECC. Using another cohort of 73 consecutive patients, who were brought directly to an ECC by EMS and underwent endovascular intervention, we calculated mean door-to-needle and door-to-arterial puncture (AP) times (“actual” mothership [MS] cohort). Timings in the actual MS cohort and the actual DS cohort were compared to timings from the BM cohort. Results: Median first medical contact (FMC) to IV thrombolysis time was 87.5 min (interquartile range [IQR] = 38) for the DS versus 78.5 min (IQR = 8.96) for the BM cohort, with p = 0.1672. Median FMC to AP was 244 min (IQR = 97) versus 147 min (IQR = 8.96) (p < 0.001), and median FMC to TICI 2B+ time was 299 min (IQR = 108.5) versus 197 min (IQR = 8.96) (p < 0.001) for the DS versus BM cohort, respectively. Conclusions: Modeled EMS prehospital triage of ELVO patients’ results in shorter MT times without a change in thrombolysis times. As triage tools increase in sensitivity and specificity, EMS triage protocols stand to improve patient outcomes.Stavros MatsoukasBrian GiovanniLiorah RubinsteinShahram MajidiLaura K. SteinJohanna T. FifiKarger Publishersarticlelarge vessel occlusionstroke triage scaleintravenous thrombolysismothership cohortdrip and ship cohortbypass modelDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENCerebrovascular Diseases Extra, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 137-144 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic large vessel occlusion
stroke triage scale
intravenous thrombolysis
mothership cohort
drip and ship cohort
bypass model
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
spellingShingle large vessel occlusion
stroke triage scale
intravenous thrombolysis
mothership cohort
drip and ship cohort
bypass model
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Stavros Matsoukas
Brian Giovanni
Liorah Rubinstein
Shahram Majidi
Laura K. Stein
Johanna T. Fifi
Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
description Objective: The aim of the study was to model the effect of prehospital triage of emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) to endovascular capable center (ECC) on the timing of thrombectomy and intravenous (IV) thrombolysis using real-world data from a multihospital system. Methods: We selected a cohort of 77 consecutive stroke patients who were brought by emergency medical services (EMS) to a nonendovascular capable center and then transferred to an ECC for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) (“actual” drip and ship [DS] cohort). We created a hypothetical scenario (bypass model [BM]), modeling transfer of the patients directly to an ECC, based on patients’ initial EMS pickup address and closest ECC. Using another cohort of 73 consecutive patients, who were brought directly to an ECC by EMS and underwent endovascular intervention, we calculated mean door-to-needle and door-to-arterial puncture (AP) times (“actual” mothership [MS] cohort). Timings in the actual MS cohort and the actual DS cohort were compared to timings from the BM cohort. Results: Median first medical contact (FMC) to IV thrombolysis time was 87.5 min (interquartile range [IQR] = 38) for the DS versus 78.5 min (IQR = 8.96) for the BM cohort, with p = 0.1672. Median FMC to AP was 244 min (IQR = 97) versus 147 min (IQR = 8.96) (p < 0.001), and median FMC to TICI 2B+ time was 299 min (IQR = 108.5) versus 197 min (IQR = 8.96) (p < 0.001) for the DS versus BM cohort, respectively. Conclusions: Modeled EMS prehospital triage of ELVO patients’ results in shorter MT times without a change in thrombolysis times. As triage tools increase in sensitivity and specificity, EMS triage protocols stand to improve patient outcomes.
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author Stavros Matsoukas
Brian Giovanni
Liorah Rubinstein
Shahram Majidi
Laura K. Stein
Johanna T. Fifi
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Brian Giovanni
Liorah Rubinstein
Shahram Majidi
Laura K. Stein
Johanna T. Fifi
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title Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
title_short Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
title_full Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
title_fullStr Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
title_full_unstemmed Modeling the Impact of Prehospital Triage on a True-Life Drip and Ship Mechanical Thrombectomy Urban Patient Cohort
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