Stroke and Vascular Neurology ()
Chinese Stroke Association guidelines on emergency stroke unit
- Xinyi Leng,
- Anding Xu,
- Yongjun Wang,
- Zhongrong Miao,
- Thomas W Leung,
- Jing Zhao,
- Qiang Dong,
- Zixiao Li,
- Xingquan Zhao,
- David Wang,
- Jing Jing,
- Zeguang Ren,
- Tong Li,
- Hao Li,
- Jianmin Liu,
- Xia Meng,
- Tao Liu,
- Yangtai Guan,
- Jialing Wu,
- Xinsheng Han,
- Qi Yang,
- Wen Gao,
- Xiaoxi Yao,
- Xueqin Song,
- Xueli Cai,
- Wanliang Du,
- Baojun Wang,
- ZeFeng Tan,
- Xuewei Xie,
- Yaou Liu,
- Chongke Zhong,
- Yonghong Zhang,
- Jinglin Yuan,
- Yiping Wu,
- Lusha Tong,
- Tingyu Yi,
- Juntao Li,
- Bin Mei,
- Guozhi Lu,
- Liguo Chang,
- Yihuai Wang,
- Jianhuang Chen,
- Qiuhong Ji,
- Zhen Mi,
- Zhongyong Peng,
- Xuchen Qi,
- Wenli Xing,
- Chenghua Xu,
- Zhiming Zhou Li Zhou
Affiliations
- Xinyi Leng
- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Anding Xu
- Yongjun Wang
- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Zhongrong Miao
- Thomas W Leung
- Jing Zhao
- Qiang Dong
- Zixiao Li
- Xingquan Zhao
- David Wang
- Department of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
- Jing Jing
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
- Zeguang Ren
- Tong Li
- Hao Li
- Jianmin Liu
- Xia Meng
- Tao Liu
- Yangtai Guan
- Jialing Wu
- Xinsheng Han
- Qi Yang
- Wen Gao
- Xiaoxi Yao
- Xueqin Song
- Xueli Cai
- Wanliang Du
- Baojun Wang
- ZeFeng Tan
- Xuewei Xie
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
- Yaou Liu
- Chongke Zhong
- Yonghong Zhang
- Jinglin Yuan
- Yiping Wu
- Lusha Tong
- Tingyu Yi
- Juntao Li
- Bin Mei
- Guozhi Lu
- Liguo Chang
- Yihuai Wang
- Jianhuang Chen
- Qiuhong Ji
- Zhen Mi
- Zhongyong Peng
- Xuchen Qi
- Wenli Xing
- Chenghua Xu
- Zhiming Zhou Li Zhou
Abstract
Organised stroke care has become a keystone in delivering efficient and effective treatment to patients with stroke with improved outcomes. Delivering timely acute reperfusion therapy to those with acute ischaemic strokes is key to good recovery. Emergency stroke unit (ESU) is a novel organised stroke care system developed in China. It centralises all necessary procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke into one unit that can perform clinical assessment, imaging examination and acute treatments. In ESU, artificial intelligence algorithms are used to aid in reading brain images and making clinical decisions. Therefore, ESU can significantly enhance the efficiency of emergent stroke care. In this guideline, we aim to clarify the concept, construction standards and personnel requirements of an ESU, standardise ESU-based acute stroke triage and treatment workflow, establish metrics of quality control, facilitate the construction and promotion of ESU and continue the improvement of the quality of stroke care.
