Thrombolysis: Improving door-to-needle times for ischemic stroke treatment – A narrative review

Temporal Trends in Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in India

(2017) Dheeraj Khurana et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Door-to-Needle Delays in Minor Stroke

(2017) Sara K. Rostanski et al.   STROKE

Delays in Door-to-Needle Times and Their Impact on Treatment Time and Outcomes in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke

(2017) Noreen Kamal et al.   STROKE

Drip ‘n Ship Versus Mothership for Endovascular Treatment

(2017) Matthew S.W. Milne et al.   STROKE

Pace of Progress in Stroke Thrombolysis

(2017) Scott J. Mendelson et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Improving Door-to-Needle Times for Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2017) Noreen Kamal et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Use of Strategies to Improve Door-to-Needle Times With Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator in Acute Ischemic Stroke in Clinical Practice

(2017) Ying Xian et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Temporal Trends in Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in India

(2017) Dheeraj Khurana et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Are All Stroke Patients Eligible for Fast Alteplase Treatment? An Analysis of Unavoidable Delays

(2016) Philip M. C. Choi et al.   ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Analysis of Workflow and Time to Treatment on Thrombectomy Outcome in the Endovascular Treatment for Small Core and Proximal Occlusion Ischemic Stroke (ESCAPE) Randomized, Controlled TrialCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

(2016) Bijoy K. Menon et al.   CIRCULATION

Time to Treatment With Endovascular Thrombectomy and Outcomes From Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-analysis

(2016) Jeffrey L. Saver et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials

(2016) Mayank Goyal et al.   LANCET

Drip and Ship Versus Direct to Comprehensive Stroke Center

(2016) Jessalyn K. Holodinsky et al.   STROKE

Thrombolysis in Stroke within 30 Minutes: Results of the Acute Brain Care Intervention Study

(2016) Sanne M. Zinkstok et al.   PLoS One

Initial hospital management of patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the standards and guidelines committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery

(2015) Ryan A McTaggart et al.   Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

CODE FAST: a quality improvement initiative to reduce door-to-needle times

(2015) Leslie Busby et al.   Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Future directions of acute ischaemic stroke therapy

(2015) Marc Fisher et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Trends in Door-to-Thrombolysis Time in the Safe Implementation of Stroke Thrombolysis Registry: Effect of Center Volume and Duration of Registry Membership

(2015) D. Strbian et al.   STROKE

Endovascular Clot Retrieval Therapy

(2015) Eric E. Smith et al.   STROKE

Good is not Good Enough: The Benchmark Stroke Door-to-Needle Time Should be 30 Minutes

(2014) Noreen Kamal et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Translation of the ‘Time is Brain’ Concept into Clinical Practice: Focus on Prehospital Stroke Management

(2014) A. Ragoschke-Schumm et al.   International Journal of Stroke

Endovascular Treatment for Small Core and Anterior Circulation Proximal Occlusion with Emphasis on Minimizing CT to Recanalization Times (ESCAPE) Trial: Methodology

(2014) Andrew M. Demchuk et al.   International Journal of Stroke

Effect of the Use of Ambulance-Based Thrombolysis on Time to Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2014) Martin Ebinger et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative

(2014) Gregg C. Fonarow et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Achieving a Door-to-Needle Time of 25 Minutes in Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Quality Improvement Project

(2014) Sander M. Van Schaik et al.   Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases

Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

(2014) Jonathan Emberson et al.   LANCET

Putting It All Together for Best Stroke Practice, All the Time

(2014) Shelly D. Ozark et al.   STROKE

Strategies Used by Hospitals to Improve Speed of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2014) Ying Xian et al.   STROKE

Improving Door-to-Needle Times

(2014) Ilana M. Ruff et al.   STROKE

Organizational changes aiming to reduce iv tPA door-to-needle time

(2013) E. T. Thortveit et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Streamlining of prehospital stroke management: the golden hour

(2013) Klaus Fassbender et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Helsinki model cut stroke thrombolysis delays to 25 minutes in Melbourne in only 4 months

(2013) A. Meretoja et al.   NEUROLOGY

Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2013) Rita V Krishnamurthi et al.   Lancet Global Health

Intra-hospital delays in stroke patients treated with rt-PA: impact of preadmission notification

(2012) Barbara Casolla et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Diagnosis and treatment of patients with stroke in a mobile stroke unit versus in hospital: a randomised controlled trial

(2012) Silke Walter et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Reducing in-hospital delay to 20 minutes in stroke thrombolysis

(2012) A. Meretoja et al.   NEUROLOGY

Factors Influencing In-Hospital Delay in Treatment With Intravenous Thrombolysis

(2012) Robert Mikulík et al.   STROKE

Reducing Door-to-Needle Times Using Toyota’s Lean Manufacturing Principles and Value Stream Analysis

(2012) Andria L. Ford et al.   STROKE

Timeliness of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2011) Gregg C. Fonarow et al.   CIRCULATION

Does a ‘code stroke’ rapid access protocol decrease door-to-needle time for thrombolysis?

(2011) Y. J. Tai et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Effects of Extending the Time Window of Thrombolysis to 4.5 Hours

(2011) Kjell Asplund et al.   STROKE

Revised and Updated Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers

(2011) Mark J. Alberts et al.   STROKE

Improving Door-to-Needle Times in Acute Ischemic Stroke

(2011) Gregg C. Fonarow et al.   STROKE

Point-of-care laboratory halves door-to-therapy-decision time in acute stroke

(2010) Silke Walter et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Characteristics, Performance Measures, and In-Hospital Outcomes of the First One Million Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Admissions in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke

(2010) Gregg C. Fonarow et al.  

Implementation and outcome of thrombolysis with alteplase 3–4·5 h after an acute stroke: an updated analysis from SITS-ISTR

(2010) Niaz Ahmed et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

A Computerized In-Hospital Alert System for Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke

(2010) Ji Hoe Heo et al.   STROKE

Stroke Thrombolysis: Having More Time Translates Into Delayed Therapy

(2010) Julia Ferrari et al.   STROKE

Pre-hospital notification reduced the door-to-needle time for iv t-PA in acute ischaemic stroke

(2009) S. K. Kim et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

A Comprehensive Review of Prehospital and In-Hospital Delay Times in Acute Stroke Care

(2009) K. R. Evenson et al.   International Journal of Stroke