The application of the emergency green channel integrated management strategy in intravenous thrombolytic therapy for AIS.

OBJECTIVE

To apply the emergency green channel integrated management strategy in intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

METHODS

This retrospective study involved a cohort of 82 AIS patients. Among them, 40 patients admitted to the emergency department of our hospital were treated using the emergency green channel integrated management strategy (the green channel group). Meanwhile, 42 AIS patients were rescued in accordance with the traditional grading and zoning treatment principles (the traditional group). The treatment times, the compliance rates of the times between when the patients entered the emergency department and when they underwent the thrombolysis treatment (the door-to-needle time or DNT), the neurological deficit scores, the Barthel index scores, and the ability of daily living scores before and after the treatment were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS

Compared with the traditional group, the triage times, the DNTs, the thrombolysis times, and the emergency department lengths of stay in the green channel group were significantly shorter (all P<0.001). The DNT compliance rate in the green channel group was significantly higher than it was in the traditional group (P<0.05). The neurological deficit scores in both groups after the treatment were lower than they were before the treatment (both P<0.01). The neurological deficit score in the green channel group after the treatment was lower than the neurological deficit score in the traditional group (P<0.01). The Barthel index and ability of daily living scores in the two groups after the treatment were significantly increased when compared with before the treatment (all P<0.001). The Barthel index and ability of daily living scores in the green channel group after the treatment were higher than they were in the traditional group (both P<0.001). The incidence of complications during the process of thrombolysis in the green channel group was significantly lower when compared with the incidence in the traditional group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSION

The emergency green channel integrated management strategy is more effective at shortening AIS patients' stays in the emergency department, increasing their DNT compliance rates, and at saving time for their thrombolytic therapy, improving patients' neurological function to a greater extent. It is worthy of clinical application.