Mobile stroke units for prehospital thrombolysis, triage, and beyond: benefits and challenges

Fassbender, K

The Lancet Neurology

January 16, 2017

This review of prehospital stroke treatment and the data emanating from MSU studies shows that diagnostic clarification in the ambulance allows not only prehospital thrombolysis, comprehensive pre notification, and correct triage to the most appropriate target hospital, but novel options that might also include cause-specific adjustment of physiological parameters, reversal of anticoagulant effects, and prehospital management of other cerebral emergencies.

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