TEMPiS: Telethrombolysis as Effective as Stroke Centres and RCTs
{"Image DocumentName": "TEMPiS: Telethrombolysis as Effective as Stroke Centres and RCTs", "Image ImageDescription": "2 university stroke centres. 24-h telemedicine. image transmission. 12 community hospitals. 132 rt-PA patients. (69.6 years, NIHSS 11) 170 rt-PA patients. (69.4 years, NIHSS 12) Continuous stroke teaching. 11.5% death. 30.9% good outcome (mRS \u22641) In the Telemedical Pilot Project for Integrative Stroke Care (TEMPiS), 12 community hospitals with little or no experience with thrombolysis were connected in 2003 to 2 university hospital stroke centres, which provide 24-hour telemedicine and image transmission. 22 months into the project, comparable functional outcomes and mortality rates were seen in the telemedicine-linked community hospitals and in the stroke centres and these results were in turn comparable to results from randomised trials. Reference: Schwab et al. Neurology 2007;69: % death. 39.5% good outcome (mRS \u22641) RCT, randomised controlled trial. mRS, modified Rankin Scale. Schwab et al. Neurology 2007;69:", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}