Research Article
A Parallel Thrombolysis Protocol with Nurse Practitioners As Coordinators Minimized Door-to-Needle Time for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Table 1
Patients with acute ischemic stroke directly presenting to the emergency department within 3 hours of stroke onset.
| | 2007/10–2009/9 () | 2009/10–2010/9 () | P value |
| | Age, mean ± SD: y | | | 0.029 | | Female, n (%) | 136 (40.2) | 59 (42.4) | 0.656 | | Time from onset to, median (IQR): min | | | | | Arrival | 65 (34–108) | 66 (36–117) | 0.217 | | Time from arrival to, median (IQR): min | | | | | CT scan | 29 (19–50) | 20 (13–38) | <0.001 | | Neurology evaluation | 61 (40–96) | 43 (31–61) | <0.001 | | Eligible for rtPA, n (%) | 52 (15.4) | 20 (14.4) | 0.782 | | Treated with rtPA, n (%) | 40 (11.8) | 21 (15.1) | 0.331 |
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CT: computed tomography; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation; rtPA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.
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