Mobile stroke units for prehospital thrombolysis, triage, and beyond: benefits and challenges

K Fassbender, JC Grotta, S Walter… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
In acute stroke management, time is brain. Bringing swift treatment to the patient, instead of
the conventional approach of awaiting the patient's arrival at the hospital for treatment, is a …

Association between dispatch of mobile stroke units and functional outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke in Berlin

M Ebinger, B Siegerink, A Kunz, M Wendt, JE Weber… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Effects of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke are time-dependent.
Ambulances that can administer thrombolysis (mobile stroke units [MSUs]) before arriving at …

Communication requirements in 5G-enabled healthcare applications: review and considerations

HN Qureshi, M Manalastas, A Ijaz, A Imran, Y Liu… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology can enable novel healthcare
applications and augment existing ones. However, 5G-enabled healthcare applications …

Ultra‐early blood pressure reduction attenuates hematoma growth and improves outcome in intracerebral hemorrhage

Q Li, AD Warren, AI Qureshi, A Morotti… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim was to investigate whether intensive blood pressure treatment is
associated with less hematoma growth and better outcome in intracerebral hemorrhage …

Drip and ship versus direct to comprehensive stroke center: conditional probability modeling

JK Holodinsky, TS Williamson, N Kamal, D Mayank… - Stroke, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
234 Stroke January 2017 departure for ECC time) equals 15 minutes. Time C (door-
toarterial access time) is assumed to be 90 minutes in the mothership scenario, and 50 …

Telemedicine can replace the neurologist on a mobile stroke unit

TC Wu, SA Parker, A Jagolino, JM Yamal, R Bowry… - Stroke, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The BEST-MSU study (Benefits of Stroke Treatment Delivered
Using a Mobile Stroke Unit) is a comparative effectiveness trial in patients randomized to …

Review of the mobile stroke unit experience worldwide

VJ Calderon, BM Kasturiarachi, E Lin, V Bansal… - Interventional …, 2018 - karger.com
Background: The treatment of stroke is dependent on a narrow therapeutic time window that
requires interventions to be emergently pursued. Despite recent “FAST” initiatives that have …

Prehospital stroke care part 2: on-scene evaluation and management by emergency medical services practitioners

CT Richards, JA Oostema, SN Chapman, LE Mamer… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
The prehospital phase is a critical component of delivering high-quality acute stroke care.
This topical review discusses the current state of prehospital acute stroke screening and …

A mobile stroke treatment unit for field triage of patients for intraarterial revascularization therapy

R Cerejo, S John, AB Buletko, A Taqui… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Favorable outcomes in intraarterial therapy (IAT) for acute
ischemic stroke (AIS) are related to early vessel recanalization. The mobile stroke treatment …

Improving prehospital stroke services in rural and underserved settings with mobile stroke units

S Mathur, S Walter, IQ Grunwald, SA Helwig… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In acute stroke management, time is brain, as narrow therapeutic windows for both
intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy depend on expedient and …