NCT07138768

Role of MRI in the Early Diagnosis and Management of Acute Stroke and Its Impact on Turnaround Time in Emergency Settings

The Role of MRI in the Early Diagnosis and Management of Acute Stroke and Its Impact on Turnaround Time (TAT) in Emergency Settings

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 136 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tanta University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the role of stroke protocol in the early diagnosis and management of acute stroke and its effect on turnaround time (TAT) in emergency settings.

Detailed description

Acute stroke is a common and often devastating disorder; however, acute treatments that reduce long-term disability are available if patients present within the time window for treatment. Computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used in comprehensive stroke centers, although the role of advanced imaging in the improvement of stroke outcome remains controversial. MRI offers advantages for the assessment of acute stroke. Changes of acute ischaemic injury are detectable sooner with MRI than with CT, especially with diffusion-weighted imaging, and ischaemic stroke diagnosis with MRI has greater interobserver and intraobserver reliability than CT, even in readers with little experience.

Conditions

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Diagnosis
• Management
• Acute Stroke
• Turnaround Time
• Emergency Settings

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Magnetic Resonance Imaging will be performed to all patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-23
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2025-08-24
• Last updated: 2025-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt