Thrombolysis in the Lothians 2007-2008
Lothian Stroke Care Audit NHS Lothian around 900 stroke admissions per year 2007 – 2008: 46 Thrombolysed 2.5% of stroke patients
Collecting Thrombolysis data From start 2006 we collected : Thrombolysis and/or Clot retrieval? Y/N Autumn 2008 request to collect data for all 2007-2008 patients. Forms completed by stroke reg My job to get notes and enter data Last patient entered a week ago
Thrombo data challenges Data completeness Several sites WGH, SJH, RIE 6 with missing ‘times’: onset(1), arrival (1), CT (1), thromb (3) 1 still admitted (no discharge Rankin) Clot retrieval in/exclude from analysis? CT done in other hospital Standard export not yet available
Delays Onset to arrival at thrombolysing hospital 1:24 Arrival – CT 0:43 Delay CT to treatment 1:02 Total delay onset – treatment 3:03
Mean 3:03 Minimum 1:56 Maximum 5:00
Discharge
12 patients deceased 26 % of 46 patients Discharge 12 patients deceased 26 % of 46 patients
Thank you! Margrethe van Dijke Stroke audit coordinator WGH