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160: Describing Cerebrospinal Fluid Red Blood Cell Counts in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by S. Arora; S. Swadron; V. Dissanayake is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Study Objectives: The objective of the study is to discover what steps in the acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) door-to-balloon times (DTBT) were improved when a system-wide process improvement plan was enacted at a large urban institution. Methods: An observational trial was designed to track door-to-balloon times after a system-wide process improvement plan was enacted. These improvements included the following: obtaining ECG in the triage area in eligible patients, citywide placement of prehospital ECG technology, and emergency physician activation of the catheterization laboratory team through a STEMI alert system. DTBT for STEMI patients presenting to the institution for 7 months prior to the changes were compared to those presenting for 15 month after the changes were enacted. Process steps in the care of the STEMI patient were recorded by the charge nurse during patient care and reviewed by the DTBT committee within 48 hrs. Results: Overall DTBT in the PRE study period was a mean of 134 min (SD 73 min, n ϭ 31) compared to the POST mean of 79 min (SD 37 min, n ϭ 82, pϽ0.0005). Process steps were broken down into Triage to ECG, ECG to Decision, and Decis
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- Author
- S. Arora; S. Swadron; V. Dissanayake
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)