Mobile CT: Prehospital Diagnosis and Treatment of Stroke
Mobile CT: Prehospital Diagnosis and Treatment of Stroke
The use of mobile CT scanners is a key component of the prehospital thrombolysis concept practiced in the Saarland and Berlin. The exclusion of haemorrhage has allowed for 12 prehospital thrombolysis in the Saarland and 177 in Berlin. In both studies, there were significant time reductions from alarm to treatment. However, thrombolysis is not the only treatment neurologists can offer to stroke patients. For instance, recent data suggest that early blood pressure lowering may have beneficial effects in haemorrhagic strokes.
Prehospital Treatment: Thrombolysis
The use of mobile CT scanners is a key component of the prehospital thrombolysis concept practiced in the Saarland and Berlin. The exclusion of haemorrhage has allowed for 12 prehospital thrombolysis in the Saarland and 177 in Berlin. In both studies, there were significant time reductions from alarm to treatment. However, thrombolysis is not the only treatment neurologists can offer to stroke patients. For instance, recent data suggest that early blood pressure lowering may have beneficial effects in haemorrhagic strokes.
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