Patterns of Stroke Transfers and Identification of Predictors for Thrombectomy

Inter-hospital transfers for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) evaluation have increased since the publication of landmark neuroendovascular stroke trials in 2015. The lack of guidelines to select potential EVT candidates prior to transfer can lead to instances where, despite considerable costs and transport risks, transferred patients do not ultimately undergo EVT. Our aim was to characterize the patterns and identify predictors for EVT upon transfer.

Source: World Neurosurgery - October 5, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Luciana Catanese, Raghav Gupta, Christoph J. Griessenauer, Justin M. Moore, Nimer Adeeb, Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda, Abdulrahman Y. Alturki, Luis C. Ascanio, Vasileios Lioutas, Ashkan Shoamanesh, Wendy Cohen, Sandeep Kumar, Magdy Selim, Ajith J. Thomas, Tags: Original article Source Type: research