To support safe provision of mechanical thrombectomy services for patients with acute ischaemic stroke

Published Date: 03rd September 2021

Publication Authors: Hill AM

This document supersedes the existing professional multisociety consensus guidance published in 2015. It has been produced in order to respond to the considerable volume of relevant new high-quality trial evidence that has become available since September 2015. It should be emphasised that this document remains applicable to all constituent nations of the UK, and thus, deliberately avoids the use of acronyms or reference to structures that do not pertain to all four nations wherever possible. The guidance was developed (and is now updated) to aid thrombectomy delivery by describing the key requirements for an endovascular stroke therapy service, including the service support requirements and basic performance standards that should be met. Indeed, it substantially influenced the commissioning of thrombectomy by NHS England in 2017.

 

Mortimer, A; Lenthall, R; Wiggam, I; Dharmasiri, M; Dinsmore, J; Doubal, F; Hill, A; Clifton, A. (2021). To support safe provision of mechanical thrombectomy services for patients with acute ischaemic stroke: 2021 consensus guidance from BASP, BSNR, ICSWP, NACCS, and UKNG. Clinical Radiology. 76 (11), p862.E1-862.E17

 

 

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