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Modeling the Optimal Transportation for Acute Stroke Treatment : Impact of Diurnal Variations in Traffic Rate.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prolonged transfer times between the primary stroke center (PSC) and the comprehensive stroke center (CSC) are one of the major causes of treatment delay for endovascular stroke treatment. We aimed to analyze the effect of the diurnal variations in traffic rates at weekdays and weekends on the catchment area size of three transportation paradigms, i.e. mothership, drip-and-ship (DS) and drip-and-drive (DD).

Methods

A conditional probability model that predicts the probability of good outcome for patients with suspected large vessel occlusion was used to analyze the prehospital stroke triage in northwest Germany and produce catchment area maps. Transportation times were calculated during each hour of a weekday and a Sunday using Google Maps. For comparison, real DD transportation times from our CSC in Hamburg-Eppendorf (blinded for review) to a PSC in Lüneburg were prospectively recorded.

Result

On weekdays, the mothership catchment area was the largest (≥40,000 km², 63%) except for a decrease during morning rush hours, when the DD catchment area was highest (30,879 km², 48%). The DS catchment area was higher than the DD catchment area during the afternoon rush hours both during the week as well as on Sundays.

Conclusion

Our study showed a considerable impact of the diurnal variations in traffic rate and direction of travel on optimal stroke transportation. Stroke systems of care should take real time traffic information into account.

SUBMITTER: Ernst M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463378 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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