Clinical Study

Reduction in Door-to-Needle Time after Transfer of Thrombolysis Site from CCU to Emergency Department

Table 2

Door-to-needle time, symptom-to-door time, and duration of hospital stay.

VariableCCU groupED group value

DNT (in minutes)
 Mean ± SD <0.0001
 Median (range)33.5 (7–394)17 (3–168)
Duration of hospital stay (in days)
 Mean ± SD 0.155
 Median (range)5 (1–13)5 (0–16)
SDT (minutes)
 Mean ± SD 0.262
 Median (range) 120 (20–630)
120 (30–540)

DNT: Door-to-needle time; SDT: symptom-to-needle time.