Effects of state-wide implementation of the Los Angeles Motor Scale for triage of stroke patients in clinical practice

Effects of state-wide implementation of the Los Angeles Motor Scale for triage of stroke patients in clinical practice

Abstract Background The prehospital identification of stroke patients with large-vessel occlusion (LVO), that should be immediately transported to a thrombectomy capable centre is an unsolved problem. Our aim was to determine whether implementation of a state-wide standard operating procedure (SOP)...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Behnke, Thomas Schlechtriemen, Andreas Binder, Monika Bachhuber, Mark Becker, Benedikt Trauth, Martin Lesmeister, Elmar Spüntrup, Silke Walter, Lukas Hoor, Andreas Ragoschke-Schumm, Fatma Merzou, Luca Tarantini, Thomas Bertsch, Jürgen Guldner, Achim Magull-Seltenreich, Frank Maier, Christoph Massing, Volkmar Fischer, Michael Gawlitza, Katrin Donnevert, Hans-Michael Lamberty, Stefan Jung, Matthias Strittmatter, Silke Tonner, Johannes Schuler, Robert Liszka, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Iris Q. Grunwald, Wolfgang Reith, Klaus Fassbender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Neurological Research and Practice
Subjects:
Prehospital
Large-vessel occlusion
Emergency medical services
Triage
Preclinical scale
Thrombectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-021-00128-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-021-00128-x

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