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Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In acute stroke, thromboembolism or spontaneous hemorrhage abruptly reduces blood flow to a part of the brain. To limit necrosis, rapid radiological identification of the pathological mechanism must be conducted to allow the initiation of targeted treatment. The aim of the No...

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Autores principales: Hov, Maren Ranhoff, Zakariassen, Erik, Lindner, Thomas, Nome, Terje, Bache, Kristi G., Røislien, Jo, Gleditsch, Jostein, Solyga, Volker, Russell, David, Lund, Christian G.
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28766306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jon.12458
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author Hov, Maren Ranhoff
Zakariassen, Erik
Lindner, Thomas
Nome, Terje
Bache, Kristi G.
Røislien, Jo
Gleditsch, Jostein
Solyga, Volker
Russell, David
Lund, Christian G.
author_facet Hov, Maren Ranhoff
Zakariassen, Erik
Lindner, Thomas
Nome, Terje
Bache, Kristi G.
Røislien, Jo
Gleditsch, Jostein
Solyga, Volker
Russell, David
Lund, Christian G.
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description BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In acute stroke, thromboembolism or spontaneous hemorrhage abruptly reduces blood flow to a part of the brain. To limit necrosis, rapid radiological identification of the pathological mechanism must be conducted to allow the initiation of targeted treatment. The aim of the Norwegian Acute Stroke Prehospital Project is to determine if anesthesiologists, trained in prehospital critical care, may accurately assess cerebral computed tomography (CT) scans in a mobile stroke unit (MSU). METHODS: In this pilot study, 13 anesthesiologists assessed unselected acute stroke patients with a cerebral CT scan in an MSU. The scans were simultaneously available by teleradiology at the receiving hospital and the on‐call radiologist. CT scan interpretation was focused on the radiological diagnosis of acute stroke and contraindications for thrombolysis. The aim of this study was to find inter‐rater agreement between the pre‐ and in‐hospital radiological assessments. A neuroradiologist evaluated all CT scans retrospectively. Statistical analysis of inter‐rater agreement was analyzed with Cohen's kappa. RESULTS: Fifty‐one cerebral CT scans from the MSU were included. Inter‐rater agreement between prehospital anesthesiologists and the in‐hospital on‐call radiologists was excellent in finding radiological selection for thrombolysis (kappa .87). Prehospital CT scans were conducted in median 10 minutes (7 and 14 minutes) in the MSU, and median 39 minutes (31 and 48 minutes) before arrival at the receiving hospital. CONCLUSION: This pilot study shows that anesthesiologists trained in prehospital critical care may effectively assess cerebral CT scans in an MSU, and determine if there are radiological contraindications for thrombolysis.
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spelling pubmed-58118882018-02-16 Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit Hov, Maren Ranhoff Zakariassen, Erik Lindner, Thomas Nome, Terje Bache, Kristi G. Røislien, Jo Gleditsch, Jostein Solyga, Volker Russell, David Lund, Christian G. J Neuroimaging Original Research BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In acute stroke, thromboembolism or spontaneous hemorrhage abruptly reduces blood flow to a part of the brain. To limit necrosis, rapid radiological identification of the pathological mechanism must be conducted to allow the initiation of targeted treatment. The aim of the Norwegian Acute Stroke Prehospital Project is to determine if anesthesiologists, trained in prehospital critical care, may accurately assess cerebral computed tomography (CT) scans in a mobile stroke unit (MSU). METHODS: In this pilot study, 13 anesthesiologists assessed unselected acute stroke patients with a cerebral CT scan in an MSU. The scans were simultaneously available by teleradiology at the receiving hospital and the on‐call radiologist. CT scan interpretation was focused on the radiological diagnosis of acute stroke and contraindications for thrombolysis. The aim of this study was to find inter‐rater agreement between the pre‐ and in‐hospital radiological assessments. A neuroradiologist evaluated all CT scans retrospectively. Statistical analysis of inter‐rater agreement was analyzed with Cohen's kappa. RESULTS: Fifty‐one cerebral CT scans from the MSU were included. Inter‐rater agreement between prehospital anesthesiologists and the in‐hospital on‐call radiologists was excellent in finding radiological selection for thrombolysis (kappa .87). Prehospital CT scans were conducted in median 10 minutes (7 and 14 minutes) in the MSU, and median 39 minutes (31 and 48 minutes) before arrival at the receiving hospital. CONCLUSION: This pilot study shows that anesthesiologists trained in prehospital critical care may effectively assess cerebral CT scans in an MSU, and determine if there are radiological contraindications for thrombolysis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-07-27 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5811888/ /pubmed/28766306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jon.12458 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Neuroimaging published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society of Neuroimaging This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Hov, Maren Ranhoff
Zakariassen, Erik
Lindner, Thomas
Nome, Terje
Bache, Kristi G.
Røislien, Jo
Gleditsch, Jostein
Solyga, Volker
Russell, David
Lund, Christian G.
Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title_full Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title_fullStr Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title_full_unstemmed Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title_short Interpretation of Brain CT Scans in the Field by Critical Care Physicians in a Mobile Stroke Unit
title_sort interpretation of brain ct scans in the field by critical care physicians in a mobile stroke unit
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28766306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jon.12458
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