Impact of mobile stroke units

Klaus Fassbender; Fatma Merzou; Martin Lesmeister; Silke Walter; Iris Quasar Grunwald; Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm; Thomas Bertsch; James Grotta

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2020-324005

Impact of mobile stroke units

Klaus Fassbender (Lead / Corresponding author), Fatma Merzou, Martin Lesmeister, Silke Walter, Iris Quasar Grunwald, Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm, Thomas Bertsch, James Grotta

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Abstract

Since its first introduction in clinical practice in 2008, the concept of mobile stroke unit enabling prehospital stroke treatment has rapidly expanded worldwide. This review summarises current knowledge in this young field of stroke research, discussing topics such as benefits in reduction of delay before treatment, vascular imaging-based triage of patients with large-vessel occlusion in the field, differential blood pressure management or prehospital antagonisation of anticoagulants. However, before mobile stroke units can become routine, several questions remain to be answered. Current research, therefore, focuses on safety, long-term medical benefit, best setting and cost-efficiency as crucial determinants for the sustainability of this novel strategy of acute stroke management.

Original language	English
Article number	324005
Pages (from-to)	815-822
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Volume	92
Issue number	8
Early online date	25 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-324005
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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