• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Shifting acute stroke management to the prehospital setting
  • Contributor: Ebinger, Martin; Audebert, Heinrich J.
  • Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2022
  • Published in: Current Opinion in Neurology, 35 (2022) 1, Seite 4-9
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000001012
  • ISSN: 1350-7540; 1473-6551
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  • Description: Purpose of review The earlier the treatment, the better the outcomes after acute ischemic stroke. Optimizing prehospital care bears potential to shorten treatment times. We here review the recent literature on mothership vs. drip-and-ship as well as mobile stroke unit concepts. Recent findings Mobile stroke units result in the shortest onset-to-treatment times in mostly urban settings. Summary Future research should focus on further streamlining processes around mobile stroke units, especially improving dispatch algorithms and improve referral for endovascular therapy.