Medicine: Mobile stroke units

Podcast
News from the World of Medicine
  • Medicine, 2022 08, Mobile stroke units
    29:25
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Mediterranean diet
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Corticosteroids for asthma
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Away from aspirin?
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Mild hypertension during pregnancy
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: CT coronary angiography
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Vitamin D supplements do not work
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Covid-19 in the year 2022
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Treatment of outpatients with Covid-19
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: i.v. contrast media in kidney disease
audio
29:25 min.
Medicine: Use of platelet-rich plasma

Stroke is an important disease. It can lead to death or permanent disability. A stroke is a medical emergency. Urgent treatment of a stroke is essential.
A stroke unit is an identifiable unit in a hospital. A stroke unit almost entirely is devoted to the urgent medical care of patients with an acute stroke. A stroke unit tries to restore perfusion to the brain as quickly as possible, by administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to eligible patients as fast as possible.
A mobile stroke unit is an ambulance that has at least the most important functions of a stroke unit in a hospital. A patient with a suspected acute stroke can be examined, diagnosed, and evaluated in a mobile stroke unit, and the treatment can begin immediately.
In the year 2021, researchers performed a quasi-randomized clinical study to test whether stroke treatment in mobile stroke units improved clinical outcomes compared with the usual stroke care provided by the emergency medical services.
The result: In patients with acute stroke who were eligible for tPA, clinical outcomes at 90 days were better with mobile stroke units than with usual care.
In the future, mobile stroke units can play an important role, especially in areas where the population is not reasonably close to a hospital with a stroke unit.

Documenti

2022 08, Medicine, Text, Mobile stroke units, PDF, 153.1 kB Scarica

Lascia un commento