Open AccessRapid Thrombolysis Protocol: Results from a Before-and-after Study
Author(s) -
Amit Batra,
Ankur Verma,
Amit Singh Vishen,
Meghna Haldar,
Sanjay Jaiswal,
Rinkey Ahuja,
Wasil Rasool Sheikh,
Abbas A Khatai,
Pardeep Khanna,
Shivani Sarda
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24217
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , intracerebral hemorrhage , emergency department , stroke (engine) , intensive care unit , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , anesthesia , glasgow coma scale , myocardial infarction , nursing , mechanical engineering , engineering
Intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 hours from time of onset has proven benefit in stroke. Universal standard for the door-to-needle (DTN) time is within 60 minutes from the time of arrival of patients to the emergency department. Our rapid thrombolysis protocol (RTPr) was developed with an aim to reduce the DTN time to a minimum by modifying our stroke post-intervention processes.